oops, almost forgot...

what funny german men used to do to their mustaches during the leinfeldener krautfest:

i kid you not, there was an entire stall where they did this to your mustaches. it's a schwaben thing apparently. the men in town would grow these 'staches for months, because at the end of the festivities, there would be a competition to see who had the most luxuriantly styled mustache. if you had a beard, you could make cool designs incorporating the two.
gotta love it.