Growing faster than the beard itself, are the funds his beard is pulling in is “Many people have sent apologies to my wife for their votes,” laughed Tom. “The monkey tail beard style is definitely in the lead.”Īnd Tom has promised to keep the winning look for a full month. I gave options for people to vote on as to how to shave my beard,” said Tom.
“I sent out some emails and texts to my division, as well as friends and family, that said, ‘help me look foolish’. Monkey tail and chin strap are out in front “My kids began sticking items in my beard one night to see what it would hold,” said Tom.Įnlarge image : Tom Tonner with a beard full of straws and toothpicks.Įvery year since April 2002, when he was diagnosed cancer-free from Stage II Hodgkins Lymphoma, Tom has gone door-to-door in his neighbourhood raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society.ĭue to the pandemic, it’s not currently possible to canvas door-to-door, so Tom decided to do his own fundraiser to see if he could replace the donations he normally brings in. “And a coworker suggested we film it when I shave it off,” said Tom.Īnd that’s how the hair-raising plan got hatched. “My kids thought I should keep it and have people bid on what to shave it into,” said Tom. So little success in fact that when colleague Ryan Ward suggested they grow the equivalent of playoff beards until Keeyask’s unit one was commissioned, Tom explained that he couldn’t actually grow a beard.Ĭlearly a problem he outgrew. “I had tried growing one once when I was 22 but without much success.” “My kids had never seen me with a beard,” said Tom. When Tom walked in the door of his home three weeks later sporting his new beard, laughter erupted from his wife and three children, aged 19, 21 and 22. It was scratchy and ugly looking, and a colleague asked me when I was going to ‘shave that thing?’ I said I’ll get rid of it when Keeyask’s first unit is commissioned as we were having some hurdles with it.
“I hadn’t had a haircut in six weeks, and I hadn’t shaved in a few days. “I went up to Keeyask for work in November,” said Tom Tonner, a manager at Manitoba Hydro who won his own battle with cancer in 2002.
While many men are embracing the bizarre trend with open arms, it seems that others are on the fence about the whacky ‘do, at least according to social media.This article was published in February 2021 and may be outdated.Īlong with his beard, this happy tale has grown to impressive proportions – from an overdue haircut and unshaved face, into a fun fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society.Įnlarge image : Tom Tonner happily shows off a very shaggy beard. I need all of my non-baseball fan followers to look at mike fiers' monkey tail beard. The primate-inspired look was first spotted back in September 2019, when MLB baseball player Mike Fiers donned the bizarre facial hairstyle to get a laugh out of his teammates.Īfter a while, the look soon exploded into a full-on trend across social media, with many taking the trend to wild new heights by adding stripes or even a spiral curl under the chin. It’s basically when a bloke grooms the beard and moustache into a long monkey tail-like shape that runs down one sideburn, down the jawline, along the chin, and then curls up around the side of the mouth, and then ends above the top lip. A post shared by Mark Rodriguez you might be wondering what it looks like.
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