The origin of the fingerstache is believed to have been created by Jay Balboena, however, the recent revival dates to the summer of 2003 in Columbus, Ohio, where a local tattoo artist began tattooing moustaches as a joke.[1] Photos and stories about the tattoos spread to the internet, becoming a minor phenomenon after landing on the forums of popular comedy website Something Awful.
This prompted many to procure similar tattoos, eventually culminating in social networking communities such as Fingerstache.com. Often the fingerstache is paired with a top hat tattoo and a rabbit tattoo on the other hand.