The Good Rabbi's Blog

I've often thought that one of the various gauges that could be used to see where we're at as a society is how many blades we have on our razors. Tonight, Gilette unveiled its new Fusion razor that has five blades, plus one for good luck on the back.

Is this what we're all about, folks? Do we really need five blades on our razors? Sooner or later they'll come up with an excuse to put 14 blades on the razor, and before you know it, we'll be facing some sort of Y2K problem for razors. Frankly, I think this is all a bunch of horse manure. I'm no expert, but I don't think that 5 blades will give me anything above and beyond 3. Supposedly they did this to relieve pressure (if I'm to belive their commercials), but I've never felt much pressure from the 3 blades I currently use. What's next?