After twenty years of shaving himself every morning, a manin a small Southern town decided he had enough. He told his wife that he intended to letthe local barber shave him each day. He put on his hat and coat and went to the barbershop which was owned by the pastor of the town Baptist Church. The barber's wife, Grace,was working, 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 thebill and went to work. The next morning the man looked in the mirror, and his face was assmooth as it had been when he left the barber shop the day before. Not bad, he thought. Atleast I don't need to get a shave every day.

The next morning, the man's face was still smooth. Twoweeks later, the man was still unable to find any trace of whiskers on his face. It wasmore than he could take, so he returned to the barber shop.

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

The expression on her face didn't even change, expectinghis comment. She responded, "You were shaved by Grace. Once shaved, alwaysshaved."

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