FOODFORTHOUGHT

THE BARBER

Author Unknown

November 18, 2012

After twenty years of shaving himself every morning, a man in a small
Southern town decided he had enough. He told his wife that he intended to
let the local barber shave him each day. He put on his hat and coat and
went to the barber shop, which was owned by the pastor of the town's Baptist
Church. The barber's wife, Grace, was working that day, so she performed
the task. Grace shaved him and sprayed him with lilac water, and said, "That
will be $20."

The man thought the price was a bit high, but he paid the bill and went to
work. The next morning the man looked in the mirror, and his face was as
smooth as it had been when he left the barber shop the day before.

Not bad, he thought. At least I don't need to get a shave every day. The
next morning, the man's face was still smooth. Two weeks later, the man was
still unable to find any trace of whiskers on his face. It was more than he
could take, so he returned to the barber shop.

"I thought $20 was high for a shave", he told the barber's wife, "but you
must have done a great job. It's been two weeks and my whiskers still
haven't started growing back."

The expression on her face didn't even change, expecting his comment. She
responded, "You were shaved by Grace and once shaved, always shaved!"