Gentlemen,

The great Beethoven — the magnificent genius who was also quite forgetful — sometimes would lather his face and then forget to shave.

Today at the mall, for my usual pilgrimage to the L'Occitane shop, I saw a well dressed man with a 3-inch sliver of toilet paper fluttering like a streamer below his right ear. I did the right thing and stopped him. "Excuse me, sir," I said, pointing to his ear, "you must have cut yourself shaving."

He found the toilet paper and pulled it off. "How embarrassing," he said. "I got this new razor."

Hah! I thought. Perhaps a straight razor gentleman. "What kind of a razor?" I asked, beaming.

He mentioned the brand, but I forget what it was. "It has four blades," he added. "Great razor."

"Ah, four blades, eh?" I said, disappointed.

"Guess I forgot to remove the toilet paper where I cut myself," he said.

Which brings me to this question, gentlemen: What was the last time you forgot something essential in relation to your shaving? Anything at all that made you scratch your head, puzzled.

Regards,

Obie