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Sotd - Tuesday the 7th of August -
Razor - ATT Calypso - 'Maria' - on loan
blade - Schick Proline (2)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Barrister and Mann - Roam - sample
post - witch hazel
a/s - B&M - Roam tonic - sample
scent - B&M - Roam edt - sample.
Result - top end but weird and getting weirder -
I had commented recently on the experience of walking through a local park as the weather broke - vegetation and earth getting wet for the first time in weeks - an intoxicating event - such an over-overwhelmingly 'natural' smell - fecund - and I wondered out loud if you got shaving products that dallied into this part of the scent range - although I had never used it - Roam - was the only one I could initially imagine - as usual, ask a question here and you shall receive wise and sage guidance - thanks T. - @TomG - for your suggestions and particularly P. - @Blademonkey - who sent me the trio of samples to try. Weird - like no other product I have used - scent wise - it did remind me of my olfactory memory of the event - damp earth, grass, wet vegetation but with added wood smoke and campfires. Strange - to be honest - I didn't know initially whether I liked it or not but by the end of the shave it was rather growing on me - the soap base is superb - lathering, during and post - very good indeed. I think I will need to try it again - regrettably - my other half very much didn't take to it - along the lines of - you smell like you have been sitting with your mates in front of an open fire - at the side of a loch - for three days - not changing your clothes - drinking whisky and talking pish - coming back into my company having not had a shower. You can't please everyone. I will use it again - definitely a marmite smell. Thanks again P. A unique shave.
So the second run out of @Barry Giddens loaner Calypso - I probably don't need to tell you how much I like this razor - given the fact that I decided to call her Maria - cue West Side Story music -
'I've just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me
Maria!
I've just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Maria!'
I'm - self-evidently - smitten with this razor - I even gave her a name - my smittness - couldn't be deeper. It is the sort of shave you would get from a Cobra if it had a skirt and heels on. So I was thinking - that I would come up with some preposterous story - feigning my own death - in some bizarrely improbable way - so I didn't have to give it back - B. is a sensitive soul and there is no way he would hassle my grieving widow for the return of a razor - surely? Maria and I will never be separated. Then I realised a flaw in my plan - I've just said that all out loud - he's going to be suspicious - he'll read it. HE WILL UNDERSTAND - He's not stupid. (Then I came up with the solution - if I write in parenthesis - like this - he can't hear me - it will be our secret. Excellent - fool proof solution - let's go for it.) So excellent shave gentlemen - I hope you enjoy........ - what's that crashing sound at the front door of my flat? Someone or somethings are kicking their way in! Hordes of monkeys! (Do monkeys come in hordes? I'm not sure - a troop, whoop or flange - is that better? A barrel - of course! To be honest I don't think this plan is going to live or die based on one dodgy collective noun.) Monkeys twisted on dangerous drugs - they know no mercy - SAVAGE BARBARIANS TO A SIMIAN - they know nothing beyond their next hit - I'm being robbed in my own home! Don't hurt me - take my camera bag - there's twelve grand of gear in there - my watch - take my watch - it cost £500 - you want money - I've got money! Not the face - not the face! They CAN'T BE REASONED WITH! These VILE SWINE are insatiable. It's just as well that I am A FULLY QUALIFIED DOCTOR OF JOURNALISM! - who can touch-type - otherwise this fast flowing narrative would be hard to keep up with in real time. No - please - don't take the razor - not Barry's Calypso - not Maria! Nooooooooooooooo..........
(Job done - he'll fall for that - hook - line and sinker. Yours one and all - I.)
I am now waiting for the next instalment.....and eventually the prequel!Sotd - Tuesday the 7th of August -
Razor - ATT Calypso - 'Maria' - on loan
blade - Schick Proline (2)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Barrister and Mann - Roam - sample
post - witch hazel
a/s - B&M - Roam tonic - sample
scent - B&M - Roam edt - sample.
Result - top end but weird and getting weirder -
I had commented recently on the experience of walking through a local park as the weather broke - vegetation and earth getting wet for the first time in weeks - an intoxicating event - such an over-overwhelmingly 'natural' smell - fecund - and I wondered out loud if you got shaving products that dallied into this part of the scent range - although I had never used it - Roam - was the only one I could initially imagine - as usual, ask a question here and you shall receive wise and sage guidance - thanks T. - @TomG - for your suggestions and particularly P. - @Blademonkey - who sent me the trio of samples to try. Weird - like no other product I have used - scent wise - it did remind me of my olfactory memory of the event - damp earth, grass, wet vegetation but with added wood smoke and campfires. Strange - to be honest - I didn't know initially whether I liked it or not but by the end of the shave it was rather growing on me - the soap base is superb - lathering, during and post - very good indeed. I think I will need to try it again - regrettably - my other half very much didn't take to it - along the lines of - you smell like you have been sitting with your mates in front of an open fire - at the side of a loch - for three days - not changing your clothes - drinking whisky and talking pish - coming back into my company having not had a shower. You can't please everyone. I will use it again - definitely a marmite smell. Thanks again P. A unique shave.
So the second run out of @Barry Giddens loaner Calypso - I probably don't need to tell you how much I like this razor - given the fact that I decided to call her Maria - cue West Side Story music -
'I've just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me
Maria!
I've just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Maria!'
I'm - self-evidently - smitten with this razor - I even gave her a name - my smittness - couldn't be deeper. It is the sort of shave you would get from a Cobra if it had a skirt and heels on. So I was thinking - that I would come up with some preposterous story - feigning my own death - in some bizarrely improbable way - so I didn't have to give it back - B. is a sensitive soul and there is no way he would hassle my grieving widow for the return of a razor - surely? Maria and I will never be separated. Then I realised a flaw in my plan - I've just said that all out loud - he's going to be suspicious - he'll read it. HE WILL UNDERSTAND - He's not stupid. (Then I came up with the solution - if I write in parenthesis - like this - he can't hear me - it will be our secret. Excellent - fool proof solution - let's go for it.) So excellent shave gentlemen - I hope you enjoy........ - what's that crashing sound at the front door of my flat? Someone or somethings are kicking their way in! Hordes of monkeys! (Do monkeys come in hordes? I'm not sure - a troop, whoop or flange - is that better? A barrel - of course! To be honest I don't think this plan is going to live or die based on one dodgy collective noun.) Monkeys twisted on dangerous drugs - they know no mercy - SAVAGE BARBARIANS TO A SIMIAN - they know nothing beyond their next hit - I'm being robbed in my own home! Don't hurt me - take my camera bag - there's twelve grand of gear in there - my watch - take my watch - it cost £500 - you want money - I've got money! Not the face - not the face! They CAN'T BE REASONED WITH! These VILE SWINE are insatiable. It's just as well that I am A FULLY QUALIFIED DOCTOR OF JOURNALISM! - who can touch-type - otherwise this fast flowing narrative would be hard to keep up with in real time. No - please - don't take the razor - not Barry's Calypso - not Maria! Nooooooooooooooo..........
(Job done - he'll fall for that - hook - line and sinker. Yours one and all - I.)
Great write up as ever; I love the ATT Calypso, great razor. Have you tried the Colonial General Alu? For me just as good if not slightly better i.e. more efficient that the ATT Calypso.
Happy shaving,
Chris
Sotd - Tuesday the 7th of August -
Razor - ATT Calypso - 'Maria' - on loan
blade - Schick Proline (2)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Barrister and Mann - Roam - sample
post - witch hazel
a/s - B&M - Roam tonic - sample
scent - B&M - Roam edt - sample.
Result - top end but weird and getting weirder -
I had commented recently on the experience of walking through a local park as the weather broke - vegetation and earth getting wet for the first time in weeks - an intoxicating event - such an over-overwhelmingly 'natural' smell - fecund - and I wondered out loud if you got shaving products that dallied into this part of the scent range - although I had never used it - Roam - was the only one I could initially imagine - as usual, ask a question here and you shall receive wise and sage guidance - thanks T. - @TomG - for your suggestions and particularly P. - @Blademonkey - who sent me the trio of samples to try. Weird - like no other product I have used - scent wise - it did remind me of my olfactory memory of the event - damp earth, grass, wet vegetation but with added wood smoke and campfires. Strange - to be honest - I didn't know initially whether I liked it or not but by the end of the shave it was rather growing on me - the soap base is superb - lathering, during and post - very good indeed. I think I will need to try it again - regrettably - my other half very much didn't take to it - along the lines of - you smell like you have been sitting with your mates in front of an open fire - at the side of a loch - for three days - not changing your clothes - drinking whisky and talking pish - coming back into my company having not had a shower. You can't please everyone. I will use it again - definitely a marmite smell. Thanks again P. A unique shave.
So the second run out of @Barry Giddens loaner Calypso - I probably don't need to tell you how much I like this razor - given the fact that I decided to call her Maria - cue West Side Story music -
'I've just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me
Maria!
I've just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Maria!'
I'm - self-evidently - smitten with this razor - I even gave her a name - my smittness - couldn't be deeper. It is the sort of shave you would get from a Cobra if it had a skirt and heels on. So I was thinking - that I would come up with some preposterous story - feigning my own death - in some bizarrely improbable way - so I didn't have to give it back - B. is a sensitive soul and there is no way he would hassle my grieving widow for the return of a razor - surely? Maria and I will never be separated. Then I realised a flaw in my plan - I've just said that all out loud - he's going to be suspicious - he'll read it. HE WILL UNDERSTAND - He's not stupid - WE ARE HIS FRIENDS - NOT LIKE THE OTHER ONES. (Then I came up with the solution - if I write in parenthesis - (like this) - he can't hear me - it will be our secret. Excellent - fool proof solution - let's go for it.) So excellent shave gentlemen - I hope you enjoy........ - what's that crashing sound at the front door of my flat? Someone or somethings are kicking their way in! Hordes of monkeys! (Do monkeys come in hordes? I'm not sure - Mongols come/came in hordes? - a troop, whoop or flange - is that better? A barrel - of course! To be honest I don't think this plan is going to live or die based on one dodgy collective noun.) Monkeys twisted on DANGEROUS DRUGS - they know no mercy - SAVAGE BARBARIAN SIMIANS - they know nothing beyond their next hit - what it is to be HUMAN! - I'm being robbed in my own home! Don't hurt me - take my camera bag - there's twelve grand of gear in there - my watch - take my watch - it cost £500 - you want money - I've got money! Not the face - not the face! They CAN'T BE REASONED WITH! These VILE SWINE are insatiable. It's just as well that I am A FULLY QUALIFIED DOCTOR OF JOURNALISM! - who can touch-type - otherwise this fast flowing narrative would be hard to keep up with in real time. No - please - don't take the razor - not Barry's Calypso - not Maria! Nooooooooooooooo..........
(Job done - he'll fall for that - hook - line and sinker. Yours one and all - I.)
Iain. I can only presume that you are acting on advice from your ATTORNEY. My advice is.....cut back on the mescaline, for goodness sake.Sotd - Tuesday the 7th of August -
Razor - ATT Calypso - 'Maria' - on loan
blade - Schick Proline (2)
brush - Simpsons Chubby One best
soap - Barrister and Mann - Roam - sample
post - witch hazel
a/s - B&M - Roam tonic - sample
scent - B&M - Roam edt - sample.
Result - top end but weird and getting weirder -
I had commented recently on the experience of walking through a local park as the weather broke - vegetation and earth getting wet for the first time in weeks - an intoxicating event - such an over-overwhelmingly 'natural' smell - fecund - and I wondered out loud if you got shaving products that dallied into this part of the scent range - although I had never used it - Roam - was the only one I could initially imagine - as usual, ask a question here and you shall receive wise and sage guidance - thanks T. - @TomG - for your suggestions and particularly P. - @Blademonkey - who sent me the trio of samples to try. Weird - like no other product I have used - scent wise - it did remind me of my olfactory memory of the event - damp earth, grass, wet vegetation but with added wood smoke and campfires. Strange - to be honest - I didn't know initially whether I liked it or not but by the end of the shave it was rather growing on me - the soap base is superb - lathering, during and post - very good indeed. I think I will need to try it again - regrettably - my other half very much didn't take to it - along the lines of - you smell like you have been sitting with your mates in front of an open fire - at the side of a loch - for three days - not changing your clothes - drinking whisky and talking pish - coming back into my company having not had a shower. You can't please everyone. I will use it again - definitely a marmite smell. Thanks again P. A unique shave.
So the second run out of @Barry Giddens loaner Calypso - I probably don't need to tell you how much I like this razor - given the fact that I decided to call her Maria - cue West Side Story music -
'I've just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me
Maria!
I've just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Maria!'
I'm - self-evidently - smitten with this razor - I even gave her a name - my smittness - couldn't be deeper. It is the sort of shave you would get from a Cobra if it had a skirt and heels on. So I was thinking - that I would come up with some preposterous story - feigning my own death - in some bizarrely improbable way - so I didn't have to give it back - B. is a sensitive soul and there is no way he would hassle my grieving widow for the return of a razor - surely? Maria and I will never be separated. Then I realised a flaw in my plan - I've just said that all out loud - he's going to be suspicious - he'll read it. HE WILL UNDERSTAND - He's not stupid - WE ARE HIS FRIENDS - NOT LIKE THE OTHER ONES. (Then I came up with the solution - if I write in parenthesis - (like this) - he can't hear me - it will be our secret. Excellent - fool proof solution - let's go for it.) So excellent shave gentlemen - I hope you enjoy........ - what's that crashing sound at the front door of my flat? Someone or somethings are kicking their way in! Hordes of monkeys! (Do monkeys come in hordes? I'm not sure - Mongols come/came in hordes? - a troop, whoop or flange - is that better? A barrel - of course! To be honest I don't think this plan is going to live or die based on one dodgy collective noun.) Monkeys twisted on DANGEROUS DRUGS - they know no mercy - SAVAGE BARBARIAN SIMIANS - they know nothing beyond their next hit - what it is to be HUMAN! - I'm being robbed in my own home! Don't hurt me - take my camera bag - there's twelve grand of gear in there - my watch - take my watch - it cost £500 - you want money - I've got money! Not the face - not the face! They CAN'T BE REASONED WITH! These VILE SWINE are insatiable. It's just as well that I am A FULLY QUALIFIED DOCTOR OF JOURNALISM! - who can touch-type - otherwise this fast flowing narrative would be hard to keep up with in real time. No - please - don't take the razor - not Barry's Calypso - not Maria! Nooooooooooooooo..........
(Job done - he'll fall for that - hook - line and sinker. Yours one and all - I.)
Please don't encourage him Brian. He's on a programme. I'm sure that as a medical man you'll understand how important this is.I am now waiting for the next instalment.....and eventually the prequel!
Yes.... but (breaking into chorus) .....What are we going to do about Maria?Please don't encourage him Brian. He's on a programme. I'm sure that as a medical man you'll understand how important this is.
The madness spreads! I was singing that while I shaved this morning.Yes.... but (breaking into chorus) .....What are we going to do about Maria?
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