Beanie says:

It will now be: Fri, Sep 19, 2008

This was originally intended to promote creativity for people already
in posession of 'blanket facial hair' (i.e. Benny Everitt). But owing to
popular demand, and a lack of testosterone amongst certain males within
our 4 floors, you all now have an extra week and a half to cultivate
your moustache (or woustache) into something really special. These
additional days should hopefully be enough to ensure you have time to
bushy up, go for extra fluff or twist, or if necessary acquire and
train a pet slug to balance on the area below your nose.