Thread: Thebigspendurs All Hands On Deck Shaving Alerts #2

Yesterday I was talking to cousin Festus while he was shaving with his straight and I noticed he had this stuff on his face, Real thin weird looking cream. I asked him what it was and he said it was Weasel Slobber. He said it doesn't have to be thick because it lubricates and cushions so good.

So that got me thinking some many of us started with some canned goo and that stuff goes on about 4 inches thick so we think when we make a lather with a quality soap we need this thick lather. In fact all you need is sufficient lather to protect and lubricate and essentially get the job done. Like Festus just a thin coating does the job. Anymore than that just means you have a common affliction called lather fetish.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Yesterday I was talking to cousin Festus while he was shaving with his straight and I noticed he had this stuff on his face, Real thin weird looking cream. I asked him what it was and he said it was Weasel Slobber. He said it doesn't have to be thick because it lubricates and cushions so good.

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Gosh golly... I got to get me one of them Weasel things.
In my neck of the woods we just slather on a bit of bacon fat
then let the dog work up a good slobber.

Festus is right it don't need to be thick. And if it drys
too quick I just reach down and scratch the dog behind the ear
and get some fresh slobber.

In this neck of the woods we all shave with slobber except for
fat cousin Mitch that has a passel of sheep. Come to think of it
he don't smell as bad as the rest of us.... I wonder what his secret is?

I'm doomed.

I have a lather fetish.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

... lather fetish.

chicks dig it

Gentlemen:

Festus, that wisest of wise men, has a point.

Most canned goo users go overboard with the lather, no doubt encouraged by advertisers: Built a mountain of goo on your face so that you can use more cans of goo.

Fortunately I gave up the goo a long time ago. Now I keep my lather relatively light and watery. It is still luxurious, yes, but it does not pretend to be a lather mountain on my Hollywood face.

Regards,
Obie

Originally Posted by Obie

Gentlemen:

Festus, that wisest of wise men, has a point.

Most canned goo users go overboard with the lather, no doubt encouraged by advertisers: Built a mountain of goo on your face so that you can use more cans of goo.

Fortunately I gave up the goo a long time ago. Now I keep my lather relatively light and watery. It is still luxurious, yes, but it does not pretend to be a lather mountain on my Hollywood face.

Regards,
Obie

No different that the toothpaste ads that show a 2 inch worm of the stuff.

I get a laugh out of the Gilette Fusion ads airing in Canada. For 3 months, they air the "replace your blade often" schtick then spend 3 months extolling the virues of how long the Fusion blades last. Trying to have their cake and eat it too, I suppose.

Age old marketing ploy (yes I work in advertising). There are only 3 ways to increase sales:
-Bring in new users
-create new ways to use the existing product
-increase usage in existing users

So showing shavers with a big old dollop of the stuff in the hand encourages excessive usage.

Originally Posted by Desdinova

No different that the toothpaste ads that show a 2 inch worm of the stuff.

I get a laugh out of the Gilette Fusion ads airing in Canada. For 3 months, they air the "replace your blade often" schtick then spend 3 months extolling the virues of how long the Fusion blades last. Trying to have their cake and eat it too, I suppose.

Age old marketing ploy (yes I work in advertising). There are only 3 ways to increase sales:
-Bring in new users
-create new ways to use the existing product
-increase usage in existing users

So showing shavers with a big old dollop of the stuff in the hand encourages excessive usage.

My dear Desdinova:

How right you are about advertising hype. Well said, thank you.

Having spent more than 30 years behind the radio microphone, I read (as well as wrote) live and recorded thousands of commercials. Sometimes I would just scratch my head at some of the hype and claims that floated way out in fantasy land. I would wonder: Are people really that gullible to fall for this stuff?

I have come to the conclusion that, yes, they are.

That's why our good friend Festus is such a wise man. As are you, my dear Desdinova.

Regards,
Obie

Originally Posted by Obie

My dear Desdinova:

How right you are about advertising hype. Well said, thank you.

Having spent more than 30 years behind the radio microphone, I read (as well as wrote) live and recorded thousands of commercials. Sometimes I would just scratch my head at some of the hype and claims that floated way out in fantasy land. I would wonder: Are people really that gullible to fall for this stuff?

I have come to the conclusion that, yes, they are.

That's why our good friend Festus is such a wise man. As are you, my dear Desdinova.

Regards,
Obie

I bet you have some stories that could outlast a bottle of scotch on a Saturday evening.

Originally Posted by Desdinova

I bet you have some stories that could outlast a bottle of scotch on a Saturday evening.

My dear Desdinova:

That I do. Oh, yes.

This is little off topic here, but I have thought of posting little stories from my old radio days on my own blog at obieyadgar.com. I suppose I could post a copy at SRP. I don't know if there would be any interest.

Stay well. Bottle of scotch on a Saturday night sounds delightful.

Regards,
Obie

Originally Posted by Obie

My dear Desdinova:

That I do. Oh, yes.

This is little off topic here, but I have thought of posting little stories from my old radio days on my own blog at obieyadgar.com. I suppose I could post a copy at SRP. I don't know if there would be any interest.

Stay well. Bottle of scotch on a Saturday night sounds delightful.

Regards,
Obie

Hey, Festus wanted me to ask you if your the guy who was the announcer for the Lone Ranger radio program?