Well, my now DE using bride saw me using a shave stick on vacation. When she asked about it, I explained the procedure, and she asked if she could have one.
Well, of course I quickly did a mental inventory of my shave sticks. I needed them all...none to spare for somebody as distantly related as my spouse.
"Uh, I could buy you one, darling! How about a nice rose or lavender scent?"
This seemed like a good way to indulge my SAD by proxy.
"Well, I don't want anything strongly scented, and I want to use it in the shower...What about that one in the plastic holder?"
She was eyeing my vintage Williams stick...I had to do something quick!
"Er, I've only got one, and it's kind of collectible...Maybe I could make you one!"
One thing I've learned, most women are suckers for anything you make for them. Of course, most of what I make looks like something that a second grader in a hurry to get a Popsicle stick project over with in two minutes and get back to playing Nintendo would manufacture, but that doesn't seem to matter.
"Make me one? I'll believe that when I see it!"
Well, the challenge was on. A little research here at the B&B led me to purchase a Elmer's Glue Stick. Once it was cleaned out and the label removed (Is there anything that WD-40 won't do?) it was time to pick a filling.
For a moment I thought about putting one of my Palmolive sticks in there, but thank goodness, it wasn't skinny enough.
That left me thinking about stuff I could mill or melt...what's this? A spare puck of Williams, forgotten in some dusty den corner! Perfect, and cheap, too!
A brisk rub-down with the cheese grater, a few spritzes of witch hazel for moisture, and soon I've got a former glue stick filled with modern Williams.
I gazed apon the creation, and felt a sudden kinship with Victor Frankenstien.
I presented it to her, and once she made sure that it wasn't just a glue stick I was pawning off on her as shaving soap, she thanked me for it.
Now, the pangs of guilt started. Modern Williams? Is that the best I can do for the woman I love? Certainly not!
"Honey, guess what...I think this might not be the best thing out there, but there is this stuff called Sir Irisch Moos from Germany, and it smells just like Irish Spring..."
"Yuck! You know I hate that smell! It's like an elf horked up a mossball! You didn't order it already, did you?"
"Why yes, honeybunch...I'm sorry, maybe I'll find room for it with my stuff..."
I need to know -
Has anybody used modern Williams as a shave stick? Does it work?
Are there any sharp divorce lawyers on the board?
Well, of course I quickly did a mental inventory of my shave sticks. I needed them all...none to spare for somebody as distantly related as my spouse.
"Uh, I could buy you one, darling! How about a nice rose or lavender scent?"
This seemed like a good way to indulge my SAD by proxy.
"Well, I don't want anything strongly scented, and I want to use it in the shower...What about that one in the plastic holder?"
She was eyeing my vintage Williams stick...I had to do something quick!
"Er, I've only got one, and it's kind of collectible...Maybe I could make you one!"
One thing I've learned, most women are suckers for anything you make for them. Of course, most of what I make looks like something that a second grader in a hurry to get a Popsicle stick project over with in two minutes and get back to playing Nintendo would manufacture, but that doesn't seem to matter.
"Make me one? I'll believe that when I see it!"
Well, the challenge was on. A little research here at the B&B led me to purchase a Elmer's Glue Stick. Once it was cleaned out and the label removed (Is there anything that WD-40 won't do?) it was time to pick a filling.
For a moment I thought about putting one of my Palmolive sticks in there, but thank goodness, it wasn't skinny enough.
That left me thinking about stuff I could mill or melt...what's this? A spare puck of Williams, forgotten in some dusty den corner! Perfect, and cheap, too!
A brisk rub-down with the cheese grater, a few spritzes of witch hazel for moisture, and soon I've got a former glue stick filled with modern Williams.
I gazed apon the creation, and felt a sudden kinship with Victor Frankenstien.
I presented it to her, and once she made sure that it wasn't just a glue stick I was pawning off on her as shaving soap, she thanked me for it.
Now, the pangs of guilt started. Modern Williams? Is that the best I can do for the woman I love? Certainly not!
"Honey, guess what...I think this might not be the best thing out there, but there is this stuff called Sir Irisch Moos from Germany, and it smells just like Irish Spring..."
"Yuck! You know I hate that smell! It's like an elf horked up a mossball! You didn't order it already, did you?"
"Why yes, honeybunch...I'm sorry, maybe I'll find room for it with my stuff..."
I need to know -
Has anybody used modern Williams as a shave stick? Does it work?
Are there any sharp divorce lawyers on the board?
