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Grooming for Men After 40

In my last post, I mentioned that Dave Barry has a Substack and in his most recent offering he wrote about his lifelong battle with his hairstyle, which he says, at times resembles this coconut:

At least he still has his hair.

Thank you, Dave, for bringing this issue to my attention, as it opens the door to discuss men’s grooming issues in general. Men have been problematic for women for a long time. Most of the complaints undoubtedly revolved around bathing and routine maintenance and this has led to the invention of many things including shaving cream, soap, scissors, razor blades, deodorant, tweezers, nose hair trimmers, toenail clippers, dental floss and SAXX underwear.

Cro-magnon wife: “Pheee-ew. Honey you need a bath, a haircut and you have to do something about those eyebrows.”

Clearly, based on his expression, you can see that this guy is basically OK with how he looks.

Cro-magnon husband (inside voice): “I’m not listening. I’m not listening.”

Apparently, some men ARE listening though, because now “brow servicing” for men is a thing. Especially for men over forty.

Man over forty in salon: “Hello, I’m here for my bi-monthly eyebrow servicing. And pest spraying. The eyelash mite situation is getting out of control.”

This now brings us to our destination, which is the “Particle 6-In-One Face Cream for Men” commercial. This commercial has to be a serious contender for the list of the World’s top ten most annoying commercials. You should watch it now. Then we’ll talk.

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