Thread: I'm giving up shaving...

Well my wife just put the kaibosh on me growing a full beard and shaving it off. She will not tollerate me with a beard. So the most I'm going to be able to do is go four or five days of no shaving before the big day. Anyway the four days growth I have at the moment is starting to irritate me.

As for using a gay student as a hair dresser, many of my students are openly and unashamedly gay. It's supprising that no one has a problem with this, even though both Thai and Muslim culture are against that sort of thing (but I don't want to get into all that right now).

As for the machette, if this thing works as well as I hope it will, next year I will have to do something bigger and better next year. That is when I will try a big kitchen knife.

Nathan, are you sure you want to let the students on the razors
to shave the balloons?
I'd rather give them rubber or wooden dummies.
Their parents might get scared.

I'm going to be the only person touching anything sharp. There will be big signs in both Thai and English saying DON'T TOUCH.
I'll only take about three or four razors so it will be easier for me to keep an eye on them.
As for the balloon shaving, the students will hold the balloon and I will be giving the shaves.

Just a thought. Maybe the razors that shave teh balloons should be dull ones. (It's not hard to shave a balloon).

lol yeah and you'll have a better success when it doesn't pop.

I'd take some kind of lockable box with transparent lid with the only sharp one in your pocket. Even with 3-4 razors on the table, some might disappear while you have your back turned. Though've I have understood that Thai are quite honest, it's still better to be safe than sorry and out of a razor =) Parent's might not worry so much either.

It is truly satisfaction to mow down a little longer stubble. Fantastic feeling, but that just means that I have not to shave constantly.=)

Good thing you are not in California.

A razor and even scissors are considered weapons and
could get ya in serious hotter water than you use with
a hot towel preshave warmup.

Australia is not far behind America with regards to people expecting the state to look after them. But luckily I live in Thailand where if you are stupid enough to get hurt it is seen as your own fault. There is a much stronger focus on the individual to look after themselves here. While it is not common for Thais to cary pocket knives, none of the other teachers at my school have any problem with me carrying a pocket knife. Infact I am the one they come to when something needs to be opened or cut.

Of course I'm not going to ask permission to do this shaving thing. I'm just going to do it. If you ask for permission they might say no

Originally Posted by ndw76

Of course I'm not going to ask permission to do this shaving thing. I'm just going to do it. If you ask for permission they might say no

I've lived by that philosophy for a long time.

Originally Posted by ndw76

Australia is not far behind America with regards to people expecting the state to look after them. But luckily I live in Thailand where if you are stupid enough to get hurt it is seen as your own fault. There is a much stronger focus on the individual to look after themselves here. While it is not common for Thais to cary pocket knives, none of the other teachers at my school have any problem with me carrying a pocket knife. Infact I am the one they come to when something needs to be opened or cut.

Of course I'm not going to ask permission to do this shaving thing. I'm just going to do it. If you ask for permission they might say no

Originally Posted by gregs656

I've lived by that philosophy for a long time.

That sounds like Jesuits thinking to me (not a bad thing at all!):

"There is always a right way and a wrong way to succeed:
Two Jesuit novices both wanted a cigarette while they prayed. They decided to ask their superior for permission. The first asked but was told no. A little while later he spotted his friend smoking. "Why did the superior allow you to smoke and not me?" he asked. His friend replied, "Because you asked if you could smoke while you meditated, and I asked if I could meditate while I smoked!"."