Learn from my mistakes (LFMM)

[AlanQ]

I havent being using a straight for a year yet but as wisdom is often gained from our mistakes and the wisest thing to do is learn from the mistakes others have made rather than commit them yourself. I thought this might help a few people or at least make them realize I am not a veryl wise man.

1. When shaving half asleep DONT!. Now this isnt as bad as it seems, I knew I was half asleep and that shaving could be dangerous so I put on my smartass hat and pulled out the DE. Turns out shaving half asleep isnt a good idea even with a DE. When I got to work and was slightly more conscious I felt lots of stubble on my face, looking in the mirror I realized I had a 3 day mustache on the left side of my face and 3 day sideburns on the right side, along with some nice patchwork of whiskers on my chin. Of course that was one of the days my Boss actually showed up. Murphys law in action.

2. If something isnt going right and or just dont feel right STOP! Pull out a DE or cartridge or dare I say electric razor or whatever you used to use and finish off. Now being a rather mule headed person it took me many repeats of this particular error to learn this. Suffice to say there was a lot of blood involved with this lesson.

3. Dont lay your straight down without closing it unless you are really paying attention, a bit of clumsiness can result in it dropping and not sure about you but I shave after my shower barefoot. Razors are sharp, skin soft. Also you can nick or do worse to the blade. BTW I didnt amputate any toes to learn this leasson jsut a few scares, sometimes fear can be a powerful teacher!

That is all for now, Ill post more stupid stuff to avoid as I do them