I just cut myself shaving!

[Enola Straight]

I had just seen a scene of some western with Kirk Douglas where he shaves with a straight edge razor...


that pretty much tells you all you need to know, don't it?



...when I remembered how my Mom, a retired beautician, had to pass a barber's exam when applying for a beautician's liscence when we moved to a new state, and part of that exam was learning how to give a shave with a straight edge razor (which was packed away downstairs with all her old hairstyling stuff.)

Memorizing how Kirk would rake the razor over his face with confident, unhesitating strokes, I took the razor, made sure it was properly sharpened, foamed up my face and...


<-----actual look on my face

My Mom (who was in bed and hears the commotion) wanders in and says,

"What is going...Oh my GOD y-y- ...that was so goddam stupid!"


I now have a gash in front of my left ear which will hopefully heal up enough by the time I get back to work Thursday.

[Tomcat]

Ouch.

I somehow cut my nose shaving with a Gillette II. Sliced a good, thin chunk off the edge of the left nostril. Bled like a pig and it looks silly!

Sympathies-
-Tcat

[JRDelirious]

Originally Posted by Enola Straight

...when I remembered how my Mom, a retired beautician, had to pass a barber's exam when applying for a beautician's liscence when we moved to a new state, and part of that exam was learning how to give a shave with a straight edge razor

When a skill is part of a state-regulated professional licensing examination, you can be pretty sure there must be more to it than what it looks like.

Look at it on the bright side, at least your ear is still attached. Now you know why in the old times, if you could afford it, you went to an actual barber and let him shave you. And why you did not want to piss him off.

And try to capitalize on it -- tell the ladies it's a dueling scar