So
@Drygulch asked if the Skunk Shave was the first shenanigan within our group here. And while my first thoughts were "yes", I decided to be fair and see if I was right. As usual, my memory had failed me. Here's just a bit of history for those who weren't around in 2015, or those who, like me, have old man memories.
The group was started by
@Bama Samurai (Chris)
and designed to start January 1, 2015. However, in order to give the guys who wanted to participate some time to acclimate and get ready, he opened the thread on Christmas Day, 2014. So, we had a week head start. Reading those early posts is amazing, fascinating, and quite entertaining. We had people showing off their planned gear, discussing possible soaps, asking questions about whether or not the Rule allowed for variation (it does not, but that's why the Focus was invented by G.D. Carrington). People were doing practice lathers complete with a series of pictures to show their results and progress. You get the picture. At one point, Chris
posts up a picture of a soap stick with a knife that he used to slice off some. This led to a post by
@HolyRollah that I believe would be the first volley in the first Shenanigan. On December 28th, on page 3, post #52, he comments that he was concerned Chris
would attempt to strop the knife and shave with it...and suggests a shavette instead. (Talk about prophetic). Two posts later, #54, Chris
responds with an assurance that if he were to use anything Samurai related it would be a sword - and he includes a picture of a Samurai sword.
That, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and all the ships at sea - would be the original Shenanigan.
One more historical note - we posted 178 times in that first group before we ever hit January 1. Almost 10 full pages of pre-month preparations. And finished with 55 pages.
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