Chronicles of a Jongleur

3-8 – Stand up on a stool next to daddy marveling at the ritual.

11- Try to be your very own Einstein using Daddy’s discarded blade on your palm to see what a shave feels like.

11- 13 – Envy those who are starting to develop the first strands of facial hair. Even make fun about it.

14 to 16- Keep repeatedly getting told that I resemble a Tibetan goat. But too scared of external reactions to take the plunge.

At 16 – 7’O Clock Ejtek sans a razor tells me what it is to be grown up.

At 17 – Gillette Presto is the greatest thing ever made for manhood. Its now an 8 rupee obsession purchased once a month and used once a week.

20 – Gillette Sensor arrives from the US of A – courtesy a 4th cousin of mine. Save it for the big cultural night in college.

22- Natural progression to Sensor Excel. Hell it has to be done thrice a week now. No wonder girls haven’t been looking at me much all these years.

24 – Gillette Mach III is a price shocker. But hey, smooth is the way to go, isn’t it why the ad shows two ladies cuddling a hunk fresh out of his shave?

25- Schick Quattro now, heck 4 blades doesn’t seem to make that big a difference these days. Or is it just me turning into a grizzly?

Now – Gillette Fusion – Five is the way to go, microfins et all, and these things are starting to look like items from a jewelers store these days! Oh wait, there is also a 6th blade at the other end to “trim and carve the way you want it to be.”

What’s next?