Two young guys were looking at the razor section. One pointed to the Gillette Fusion, and said to his friend, "THAT'S the razor we need, except it costs about $70,000."
The friend and I both laughed.
Then I looked at the price of the Fusion. $27.96
That's like, 70,000 bucks!
I picked up my 8-dollar Schick Watchamacallit and left the aisle.
ly they had mistaken the version on the shelf for the version use by the astronauts while they pilot the space shuttle and shave simultaneously and also work on nuclear power plants. Those cost $70,000 a piece. The Kentucky version only costs $27.96 but does have the pastel glow in the datk handle which is where the mistake is easily made.
Posted by: Monty | June 05, 2006 at 23:03
$70,000 a piece. The Kentucky version only costs $27.96 but does have the pastel glow in the dark handle...
Don't think so..
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Posted by: Lee | June 06, 2006 at 00:43
Dude, while not quite that expensive, why do razors cost so damn much? Razors and gas. We should all just sit at home and get hairy.
Posted by: Chris | June 06, 2006 at 07:19
Love Chris's idea. lmao.
And I love overheard conversations at the grocery. Very funny.
Posted by: ally bean | June 06, 2006 at 07:22
Hey, when two guys are shaving each other's sacks, nothing, but nothing, should come between them and their mutual desire for shorn scrotums whether it be the price of the razor or the price of their shameful lifestyle.
What we need to have is a specialty men's product for a hairless huevos hammock. Like "Nair for Nerts" or "Bare Ballz".
Posted by: Thomas | June 06, 2006 at 08:59
$8.xx at Walmart.
Posted by: ferd | June 06, 2006 at 09:26
Aren't kids fun? My stepdaughter and her friends say such things and I spend a lot of time chuckeling too.:)
Posted by: cj | June 06, 2006 at 09:47
Here in CA, I've seen them for $85,000.
Posted by: Catheroo | June 06, 2006 at 10:48
My theory is that at a certain point some products just as well cost a billion dollars. $27.96? For a razor? That's a billion dollar razor.
Posted by: Eric AKA ptooey | June 06, 2006 at 11:02
They don't sell them up here in Pete. All us hippies use sharpened clam shells.
Posted by: bhd | June 06, 2006 at 12:30
LOL This is all too funny.
I had a roommate once who owned one of those new million dollar types for women. Man, that thing was awesome. Still, I couldn't see paying that much for a razor. I stick to the cheap ones. But not Bic. I never buy anything Bic because they test on animals.
I know, ask me if my shoes are leather. Still, I try.
Posted by: Carrie | June 06, 2006 at 13:20
It's funny, but I remember feeling that way recently. I need new dishes and I remember thinking that the prices were close to $70,000.
Posted by: angela | June 06, 2006 at 15:59
Your story made me laugh with recognition. When my friend Dawn was on maternity leave and considerably less-than-wealthy, all she wanted were "really good" disposable razors. She had been buying the .99-for-a-dozen cheapo ones and hating every minute of it. I bought her the "really good" ones for her birthday that year and every year since, as it's become our goofy tradition.
Posted by: Denise | June 07, 2006 at 20:24