MYSTERIES

Mysteries can be fun.  We can spend hours trying to solve them.  Mystery movies test our powers of observation and deduction.  But those are real mysteries.  Some things which are apparent mysteries, don't deserve the name.  Their solution should be obvious, simple and clear.

I shave in the shower and have several razors at my disposal.  One is a "real" razor and then there are a couple of the disposable kind.  The mystery comes  in when no matter which I use first, one of the others will shave what the first one missed.  Does that make any sense?  This is my mystery and it drives me nuts because I can't come up with even a nearly good explanation.  Can you?

Logic tells me that if I used the second razor first, my shave should be perfect, but no, no matter which I use first the second is always required.  To compound the mystery, when I am satisfied that my shave is perfect, instead of an after shave lotion, I use a regular skin lotion.  After I wipe off the excess, I can feel whiskers that neither blade reached even though my face felt smooth in the shower.  The final step is a dry shave of the remaining whiskers with a third razor and the job is complete.

Now you know why I love mysteries but hate to shave.  Maybe I should grow a beard.