Sometimes the best laughter is when you can laugh at yourself. I got such a laugh this morning.:rofl2:
I'm a coffee drinker. I usually drink it the entire time that I'm at the office and I usually put in a lot of hours during the week. But once in a while a Saturday rolls around when I don't have to go to the office or anywhere else. The family and I will sleep in and kind of ease into the day. Today was such a day. I enjoyed being kind of lazy this morning all the while nursing a cup of hot coffee, keeping with my habits, and looking forward to taking a little extra time to shave, three passes instead of the usual two, and going for BBS.
By early afternoon, I had finished the entire pot of coffee (a big pot) right before stropping today's razor and taking a shower. After the shower, I went thru the usual pre-shave routine and began my shave. One pass, two passes, almost thru with the third pass. No problems. By this time, I'm feeling kind of smug because I can tell I'm getting a great shave. All I had left was to finish the ATG pass on my chin (the moustache eliminates the problem shaving the upper lip).
As I began the "up strokes" on the chin and lower lip, I couldn't keep my hand steady. I had what the golfers of the forum may know as the "yips" that are sometimes experienced on the putting green. It was a miracle that I didn't cut myself as the edge bounced across my chin on my first two attempts. I wondered what was going on :shrug: when it hit me, "You :cen. You're about to cut yourself shaving and caffeine is going to pour out all over the bathroom.":gaah::o Nevertheless, I was determined to finish what promised to be a great shave so I choked up on the razor as much as possible and very slowly and methodically finished my chin using the heel of the edge. Somehow, I did it without bleeding and finishing BBS.
If there is a moral to this story, it is that straight shaving is like riding a motorcycle. It should not be attempted while mentally distracted or physically impaired and I had forgotten how the fine motor skills of even an experienced coffee hound such as myself could be effected by an OD on caffeine.
I laughingly told SWMBO about my experience to which she responded with her usual remarks about having to have me stitched up one day as a result of my shaving.:rant:She immediately thereafter proceeded to lacerate the full length of her thigh with one of those cheap plastic things some people call razors while shaving her legs. I know, I should have left things alone at that point but I couldn't help but say something. That's another story!:jedi:
Have a great day and go light on the beverages before shaving.
