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 Presbyterian
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 have to be shaved 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."