Thursday, February 16, 2006

247. So much for that.

I was drafting a post about Cheney, quail, and Libby, and how I think the accident has a feeling and smell of a stunt. (Did they talk Harry into playing along? If so, did he agree, because they had something on him?)

But, alas, I have other concerns.

For example, how many blades does one razor need?

In the 80's I learned that for the closest shave you needed two: one to gently pull up the hair and the other to cut.

It's 2006, and I feel like I've been lied to, and I'm confused. I'm now told that one needs a 5 bladed-razor for the closest, smoothest shave! What do the other 3 blades do, besides increasing the nick risk?

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Whoa. I was just on Google to pull up an image of the new 5-bladed wonder. Instead, I found an article that leads me to believe there may be a copyright issue concerning this razor. The Onion came up with the idea first. In February 2004.

Tom Bozzo has been saying it all along, and I have to agree. The Onion is a National Treasure.

3 comments:

Sleep Goblin said...

Oh that is superb! I adore the Onion! Yea for printed copies!!

Oscar Madison said...

You blogged about the five bladed razor! I was going to blog about the five bladed razor!

As in: "Hey! I just saw a TV commercial for a new five-bladed razor. What's up with that? When will it ever stop?"

ffvsy: "fivesy" -- slang for a five-bladed razor.

Unknown said...

SG-- Yea!

OM-- No way! Not again... that crazy mind-meld!

Did you really get that as a word verification? Crazy...


MT-- Pockets, indeed.