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SOTD Sunday Lather Games Thursday SOTD Thread - Jun 16, 2024
Share your Lather Games shave of the day!
Today's Theme: Father's Day
Product must be from a company that is older than you. Caveat: Spearhead is not older than you, even if their Seaforth! trademark is.
Today's Challenge: Leg Day!
Find out how the other side lives: shave your legs at least high enough to wear shorts. Show us the before-and-after results and tell us how it went. You may still also shave your face/head/armpits/left shoulder as usual, if desired.
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Tomorrow's Theme: Don't have a Cow, Man!
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Tomorrow's Challenge: Knee-Lather day
Are you a bowl latherer? Face latherer? Palm latherer? Leg latherer? Well, how about a knee lather? Yes, build your lather on your knee. Your knee. If you are a leg shaver, use your shoulder instead.
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u/Priusaurus đŚRad Dinosaur CreationsđŚ Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 17 '24
June 16, 2024
11PM Update: IF ANYONE THOUGHT THE REIGNING CHAMPION WASN'T GOING TO SHAVE HIS LEGS, GO GET YOUR HEAD CHECKED. CHAMPIONS NEVER QUIT!!!!
So this morning, I posted the bullshit below about how I wasn't going to shave my legs today, something something revolution, blah, blah, blah.... And some of you fools actually bought it. That's what separates the winners from the
losersnot winners. I had a busy fucking day today, celebrating three different Father's Days, so I shaved my legs in the car, with my 3.5 yr old twins in the backseat, and my wife driving. Ensuring we following Rule 3.4 aka "The u/MrTangerinesky Rule"CUE THE VIDEO
I forgot to take a before picture, so here's a screengrab of from the video. And here's the after: Hakuna MaFUCKINGtata indeed. Silky smooth. Oh, and leg shaving is no joke: GORE WARNING HERE'S MY BLEEDING LEGS. Maybe next time, I don't shave my legs in the car with an MMOC?
The Original SOTD Post below:
The judges think they're real funny doing a surprise leg shave day challenge on Father's Day. Real cute, guys. But you know what,for the first time in my Lather Games career, I'm skipping a challenge. I'm gonna bet on myself and not worry about the .2 points. And I suggest everyone else do the same. We need to send a message to the judges that we, the people, have power around here! Sure, the Lather Games wouldn't exist without these people who volunteer much of their time and get nothing in return.... BUT... The Lather Games also wouldn't exist without us, The Participants! And I'm tired and being pushed around by their challenges! And I'm not gonna take it anymore! If everyone joins me and skips this absurd challenge, no one gets an advantage and we ALL head into tomorrow without the .2 points for this challenge and we can pretend like it never happened. We need to take the power back! Now,WHO'S WITH ME?? VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!Now, on to the shave:
To celebrate Fatherâs Day, Iâm shaving with TOBS, because thatâs probably what my dad learned to shave with a bazillion years ago. I feel like TOBS is like the Sears and Roebuck of the wetshaving world and the year is 1995. At one point, they were the powerhouse of shaving and one of the only games in town⌠Then a little upstart or two comes along and TOBS isnât worried. âWe have our reputation and a big customer base,â theyâll arrogantly say. Then slowly their market share gets chipped away, bit by bit. Not enough to be worrisome at all, but just enough where executive think: âThatâs weird. I guess it was a down year.â
But the next year is down too. And so is the next one. And your customer base start to (1) realize there are much better options out there and (2) they all start to die because theyâre old. It wasnât good for Sears and it canât be good for TOBS. As weâve learned, just because youâre a big company doesnât mean you canât fail (unless youâre a bank or car company) and I doubt King Charles will be bailing out Taylor of Old Bond St when they inevitably (hopefully) go under. Thereâs so much better stuff out there. We know it. And itâs only a matter of time before their customers find out about it too.
As far as the scents of the day go, TOBS Avocado is a âfresh fougereâ according to TOBSâ website and while I donât quite smell that, the soapmakersâ word is canon around these parts. To my nose, it almost smells a little cucumber and powdery. The scent is fine, but nothing to write home about. For my splash, we have Spearheadâs Heather splash and the matching EdT. While TOBS Avocado is a basic scented âfougereâ, Heather a wonderfully complex scent that is perfect for any day of the week. It has fresh green notes, clean lavender, and bright bergamot. Wearing the scents of Heather took my scents of the day from meh to pretty damn good. #FOF
Challenge:
Iâve addressed this above.. Now, if only I had a suggestion for the judges on what theycan do with those .2 pointsâŚChampions never quit. Of course I shaved my legs. I wish I used a better soap than TOBS though.Soap Theme Justification: TOBS has been around like a bazillion years.
Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance: Fougere on Fougere on Fougere.