Hey guys. I'm still hanging in there on my Mike's 3017 with many days to go.
I went to bed late, arose early this morning, and grabbed a quick shave before heading out the door. I was caffeine-deficient, groggy, and rushing a bit. OK, I was hurrying. My brush soaking mug (sadly, one a friend gave me) slipped out of my hand as I was drying it. It exploded into a million and seven pieces, slivers, and particles. Thankfully, the mess was confined in the sink. That's a first in more than 10 years of using shaving mugs, so I guess I was overdue.
The shave, albeit humbling, was really good. The explosion and subsequent clean up took place without waking my Bride, and the sink (unlike my ego) suffered no damage. Unlike upper-crust shavers such as
@Primotenore and
@BaylorGator, I have no paid housekeeping staff and therefore have to feed, dress, and clean up after myself.
I'm especially glad I didn't break a glass container of stank instead of the mug. That would have escalated the incident to disaster level, and my Bride would not have enjoyed a sudden awakening only to be met by emergency responders and rapidly evacuated from our humble abode to fresh air.
Lessons learned: (1) get more sleep, (2) plan my mornings better, (3) quick shaves don't save time if you break your mug and have to clean it up, (4) source a non-breakable mug, and (5) in the event of a repeat occurrence, always have an alibi and someone/something to blame in my hip pocket.
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