Thread: James Joyce on nocturnal shaving

I was rereading James Joyce's Ulysses and came across this passage. OK, Joyce may not be for everyone, but this discusses shaving in turn-of-the-century Ireland:

"What advantages attend shaving by night? A softer beard: a softer brush if intentionally allowed to remain from shave to shave in its agglutinated lather: a softer skin if unexpectedly encountering female acquaintances in remote places at incustomary hours: quiet reflections upon the course of the day: a cleaner sensation when awakening after a fresher sleep since matutinal noises, premonitions and perturbationns, a clattered milkcan, a postman's double knock, a paper read, reread while lathering, relathering, the same spot, a shock, a shoot, with thought of aught he sought though fraught with nought might cause a faster rate of shaving and a nick on which incision plaster with percision cut and humected and adhered: which was to be done."

Wisdom. Let us attend.

Lovely passage. Thank you.

Love it! Thanks.

Jordan

Outstanding.

That was great! Thank you.

Beautiful.

I hope this isn't one of Bloom's hallucinations! jk

I think that I am going to have to print this on some shirts...

Passed by an overwhelming majority! Great stuff, the shaving-at-night!