Thread: Lunacy, Lets have a contest!!!!!!!!!!

This explains so much for me. I just found this thread today,(which is hard to believe in the first place since i check in at least twice a day) I was not aware of such a super moon phenomena.As I think back over the past few weeks so many anomalous shaving events have taken place.

It all started with the inability to hone a couple of razors that should have been a breeze (i almost gave up and went back to using a DE). Then, last week i found a beautiful green Escher hone for a amazing price (in the wild). This kind of thing just does not happen. As i used it on the aforementioned razors, I felt confident of success. Apparently the moon also effects Escher hones as the edge was gentle and left a BBS shave, but must have stimulated hair growth as the shave didn't last. Felt growth the next morning and a shadow by the end of the day.(This doesn't happen normally).
Then to top it all off, the SWMBO said we could take our time on a weekend trip to visit our son and stop at some antique stores on the way!

Coincidence? I don't think so. There is no other explanation than the Super-Moon Eclipse Phenomena (SMEP)

I brought this conversation up before work in our break room. Tony said that he noticed a big difference depending on the moon. He has mapped his beard and has noticed that it changes depending on the phase of the moon.

The only way that he has found to cure this is to use a Carbo Magnetic razor to overcome the moons attraction and align his hairs properly.

I take his view with a grain of salt.

We nick named him Walking Eagle because he is so full of sh!# he can't fly....

I think one of the things this contest is showing is how many crazy folk we have on this site.

Maybe the prize should be a straightjacket, your choice of color.

Har har

Back in the 20's 1920's that is I went a little crazy one full moon and ended up in the state hospital. I needed a job and a sponsor to get myself out.

A friend was a cook for a lumber mill and since things were tight and they had no money to pay her they gave her a log for her pay check.

Good for firewood but but when they went to cut it it dulled the saw blades immediately. Interesting enough it was the lower log or bottom of the tree. It grew next to a river and every year in the spring when it flooded it added sand etc. to the bark. That made the wood abrasive as it grew into the tree.

My friend couldn't figure out what to do with it so she sponsored me and paid me with room and board to figure it out.

It was slow going but I used wedges to split it lengthwise and then laid it on the railroad tracks at night to have the train wheels cut it into sections. I couldn't do that during a full moon because they would see the boards!

She made a fortune and I made my room and board along with my freedom.

The humidity in that area must have rotted them out long ago but if you ever find a hone marked Washington Wonder that seems to have a wood grain you have a unique piece of history!

HooooWeee, It's getting deep, Folks!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

HooooWeee, It's getting deep, Folks!

Yea, next thing you know someone's gonna be featuring some talking animals like a wolf or a bear.

Thought we already did that?

I did hear a rumour that on a full moon some of the northern folks fingers become so gnarled and grizzly, they can't reach the coins in their taylor made deep pockets to pay for international postage...

Around these parts, that's the northern part of Austria where a small group of northern (non-political) Virginians, have gathered. A full moon is a scary time. We get a bit skittish at the very thought of it actually. But, since you all seem so keen on these happenings I'll tell you some fears. How might fears have to do with shaving? Well, I'll tell you that the Sea Devil strikes so much fear in these here parts that a man's beard doesn't stand up...it clear falls off resulting in a BBS face for life. The terrifying reality is the man stricken with such fear is too smooth to keep his gear. A right tear comes to my eye when I think about all those unused stropps, creams, and blades. Poor devils should never have tangled with the Hanlaopian Sea Devil.

Effects of the moon on shaving are as real as the ocean's tide. This isn't dry shaving we're talking about about! The altered gravitational forces will greatly affect those who choose to hone and shave during this time.

You'll experience difficulties with any honing that utilizes water. Waterstones that have to be soaked prior to use should be treated with extra caution. Water will pool unevenly on the surface of hones. Rolling X strokes will be required on the straightest blades. Smiling blades may be honed with normal strokes, if done at the right time.

Stropping will be unaffected by the eclipse. Anyone that says otherwise is a lunatic.

Lather may be surpisingly pleasant though as warm water will dramatically increase the quantity of lather and prevent it from breaking down for hours! Build a lather, take a shower, and you may even find more lather in your bowl/mug when you return to shave.

If you are brave enough to shave during the peak of the eclipse don't be surprised when you have to change the directions you usually shave. Hair follicles reacting to changes in the environment and combined with abnormal lather will cause WTG to feel XTG. XTG will feel like WTG. ATG will still feel like ATG. These can change those depending onthe phase of the eclipse and will be reversed south of the equator due to the Coriolis effect. It's all rather technical.
People's moods are affected even more strongly than the full moon. How it all comes back to shaving is a mystery though. Why just recently after a shower my daughter said, "shave?" "When did she learn that word?", I wondered.
"No, I didn't shave." While I didn't connect the two I noticed later at Kroger her normally sunny disposition becoming more tempermental. What had gotten into her? I should have been more cautious because during one tantrum she tried to sink her teeth through the sleeve of my polo shirt and into my skin! Clearly the fact I hadn't shaved had aggitated her and I had only myself to blame. Toddlers don't just have tantrums like that! I will provide photographic evidence of this incident.



So, hone if you must, shave carefully, enjoy the lather, and be careful around your loved ones for the time being!