Females at the club may giggle at such a bold interpretation of facial hair, but dudes out there rockin’ the cookie dusters know deep down it shows strong character. Now it’s time to show the world what you’re made of, and enter the Monsieur Moustache Pageant. This cleverly-devised charity competition seeks the consummate moustache bearer, who’ll be judged in categories including “Spokesmodel/Personality” (“with an emphasis on good diction, grammar, and enunciation”), “Boxer Shorts,” The Total Package,” and “The Tug.” Two-time Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist David Horsey will be one of the celeb judges on hand, aided by votes from viewers posted online through Oct. 31. Or, visit the Web site to register yourself as a contestant. (There is no gender restriction on entrants, though the mustache must be real.) The event will benefit the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Friends of Nick Farina, a legendary local waiter who’s been battling a rare leukemia since 2002. Organizers hope it will become an annual cancer benefit. So let the shorn brosefs on frat row snigger at your walrus mo’, you’re saving lives with that stiff (hirsute) upper lip.

Thu., Nov. 1, 7 p.m., 2007