Joel

Joel Gryniewski grows mustaches for money. It’s his calling.

The native Minnesotan sprouted his first ‘stache in 2004 as part of a hazing ritual for a Minneapolis ad agency. The hazing culminated when Joel was forced to put his prickly upper lip to work by operating a one-man kissing booth in a busy pedestrian mall. Charging “a nickel for a tickle,” Joel raked in a respectable $2.45 in just one hour—a testament to the universal appeal of a well-groomed soup-strainer.

Until he can support himself on mustache-related income alone, Joel is also a freelance writer.

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items are from between 23 May 2007 & 30 May 2007.