rum and razor

[tonsorial artist]

It is difficult to believe that what is essentially an everyday routine task can turn into such an obsession. Having reached a high degree of expertise returning to a DE after almost 20 years of double and triple blade abuse, I found myself eying the disposable blade single for the whole of last week.

After a particularly enjoyable evening spent seeing Tom Watson reeling back the years at Turnberry at the Open and about three Old Monk Rum with Coke, my Superman hormone started kicking in. For those who aren't in the know, Old Monk, especially the Gold and the 12 year old are the best rums that money can buy and don't cost too much either.

I pulled out the silvertip, loaded a blade and whipped up the best lather I ever had. After lathering my face, I even took a minute to admire my handiwork and thought to myself that it would be a great shave. The cheeks went well and the right side of the throat also went well. There was an incident at the left side of the throat that might have rendered me kosher or halal, take your pick.

The upper lip was in serious danger of being AngelinaJolised. I managed to finish the shave with not too many more problems, except a minor one under the bottom lip. The best part was that there were no weepers around the corners of my mouth. I scoured around for what my daughter calls "magic gel" an aloe vera gel, which saved me from looking like an extra from Pirates of the Caribbean. Oh and the Old Spice. Mercifully I was ready to pass out by then, which I did post haste.

To add to my misery, I found that I couldn't use my DE this morning, so had to make do with the M3 (with an old blade) and just about managed a semblance of a shave.

So in addition to not drinking and driving, a combination of rum and razor can also be potentially life threatening. The razor is now safely nestled in some dark corner of my wardrobe.

[Boba Fett]

Don't nestle it! Get that bad boy out, and face it head on! (just avoid the rum next time, unless it's in the aftershave!)

[AECUSN]

Just like falling off of the proverbial bicycle, you gotta get back back up on that thing and show it who's boss!