July 22, 2008:Mustache Sniff
 

http://cellar.org/2008/sniff.jpg

What the heck is going on here?

Nov. 4, 2006 file photo, Cassandra, 38, from New Mexico poses with the moustache of Ram Nath chowdhury, right, at the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, some 415 kilometers (257 miles) northwest of the capital New Delhi. Travel to India from the United States increased 10 percent between 2006 and 2007, on top of an 8 percent rise the year before. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

sniffing at what?
 

I don't think Cassandra is sniffing at Ram Naths moustache. I rather believe she is practicing a rite pretty common and therefore socially accepted at cattle fairs in Pushkar: Snuffling at each others pubic hair in order to assess for how long it has been uncut. And believe me, Ram Nath is sporting a truly remarkable hair growth here!
Other links illustrating that habit:
http://data2.blog.de/media/534/936534_3046d9438c_m.jpeg
http://flickr.com/photos/sugarcoma/2210763651/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paren/2363905373/

Actually, the main question for me is why Ram Naths name (Chowdhury) claims that he is literally "a holder of four". Is he in control of four different fighting forces? And what kind of forces would that be? Or does he belong to a specific class of landholders? Or what?

I'll bet when he eats soup it's quite a strain. :-)

Snuffling at each others pubic hair in order to assess for how long it has been uncut.
Um, snuffling? Is it a good thing if it has been a long time since a trim? :headshake

Maybe she's checking to see if it has been ridden lately. :jig: :jig: :jig:

If that's what his mustache looks like, he must need a weed wacker to piss.

No! She is pretending she has a moustache for the photo.

And yes, it is VERY impressive, I can only hope for my fledgling facial hair to be as striking one day.

Not in this thread, she's not. :haha:

Hmmm pubic hair snuffing, I need to search this for porn...er research purposes. Yeah, porn research.