Moustache

It is probably true that Singaporean men, or rather Chinese men in general, do not grow moustache well.

Beside the fact that there is a saying thats something like "A chinese man with a moustache; a rat in a bush," there is also the fact that chinese probably dont have strong facial hair genes. A long thin beard maybe, but never a healthy robust moustache.

There is probably an evolutionary explanation behind this. European men have moustaches. Chinese men dont. What is the reason?

It has something to do with what is now referred to as "Snot poisoning," a fairly prevalent condition that infects European men in the Medieval times. Because of the damp weather conditions, particularly in the English Isle, it is inevitable that a fair amount of mucus is produced daily, in huge measurable amounts. And because hygiene at that time was never a problem, in the sense that it never ever occured to these horse-riding, busy warring knights of the Medieval, they never bothered to blow their noses before eating.

A direct result of which, the snot from their dripping noses flavored their largely tasteless food, though not without unhealthy consequences. In the long run, those men who do not have a bushy moustache, which acts as a safety net for the snot, gradually were weeded out of the European Continent, as we now know, snot is in fact rather unhealthy to say the least.

For the chinese, no such thing happened to them, resulting in the poor facial hair genes being transmitted strongly from generations to generations.

Now you know. A whole load of bullshit.