Card of the Day - 2022-11-01

Topps Hirsute History
Topps [trade/commercial : cards : O/S : U.S.A.] "Hirsute History" (2011) 1/20

Here we have an actual horseshoe moustache. It seems to be popular with bikers, so is sometimes also called a biker moustache.

As to why it is called this, well that is because it looks like the letter U, curving both sides, and to some people it reminds them of a horsehoe. But it depends how you look at it, because there is a real split of opinion as to the way you hang a horseshoe. Some people say it must face downwards like the moustache, with the open end above the door, so that the good luck contained within it comes out and protects the door that it hangs above - whilst others say hanging the shoe with the open end facing upright keeps the good luck attached to the house and does not let it fall to the floor and run away.

Now this set was issued as part of the 2011 series called "American Pie", as a sub-set. Despite this card being a moustache, it covers all forms of hairiness, and the cards in the set are 

1. Horseshoe Moustache
2. The Mullet
3. Muttonchops
4. Chinstrap Beard
5. Soul Patch
6. Goatee
7. Pompadour
8. Beehive
9. The Rachel
10. Caesar
11. Bob
12. Handlebar Moustache
13. Sideburns
14. Fauxhauk
15. Mohawk
16. Blowout
17. 70s Feathered Hair
18. The Afro
19. Dreadlocks
20. Cornrows