Today I decided to go to the opposite extreme of the day before and wear the mustache with the ends tightly curled. Among the comments that I received was that looked "very Prussian" with the mustache.
I replied by saying "thank you" not knowing if a Prussian appearance was a good thing or not. Though in the context it would be very unusual to be anything but complimentary. The conversation then switched to my ancestry and if I was of Prussian decent.
When I got home I decided to look up Prussian mustache online to see exactly what one looked like. All I could find was articles stating that Hitler preferred a big "Prussian mustache" to the toothbrush style that he wore, but made the change during World War One to enable him to wear a gas mask with a tight seal. Thankfully he did not corrupt and permanently destroy this style the same way he did with his iconic mustache even though the articles did show a picture of a young Hitler wearing a handlebar.
Beyond that, I still don't know what a Prussian mustache looks like beyond perhaps the way I looked tonight.
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