After forty years of shaving himself every morning, a man
in a small Southern town decided he had enough. He told his
wife that he intended to let the local barber shave him from
now on He went to the shop, which was owned by the pastor
of their Baptist church. The barber's wife, GRACE, was working
that day, so she performed the task. GRACE shaved him,
sprayed him with lilac water and said, "That will be $20." The
man thought it a bit high, but paid the bill and went to work.

The next morning he looked in the mirror and his face was just
as smooth as it had been when he left the barbershop the day
before. "Not bad," he thought. "At least I don't need to get a
shave every day. The next morning the man's face was still
smooth. Two weeks later, still smooth. It was more than he
could take, so he returned to the barbershop. I thought $20
was high for a shave," he told the barber's wife, "but you must
have done a great job. It's been two weeks and my whiskers
still haven't started growing back."

"Of course they haven't," she replied. "You were shaved by
Grace. Once shaved, always shaved."