THE KING'S BLOG

Spooky or is it me? But you'd think Wilkinson Sword would sign up Jonny Wilkinson to head up the brand wouldn't you? Wilkinsons' Word speaks for Wilkinson Sword's?

Especially as Gillette already have Federer, Woods & Henry on the payroll. But no, Wilkinson's Word will pertain to matters Fusion, whilst Wilkinson Sword, to put it bluntly, let the Number 1 call the shots. Funny old world. Gillette now have 4 global sporting superstars endorsing their 5 bladed Fusion, surely a Fifth must be announced soon...Lewis Hamilton MUST be front runner. After all, with all the profitability of the $5 replacement cartridge, every sports agent must be hoping they get the call!

WKoHamat08 Shave Different.

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So good, it's free? But who's paying for Tiger Woods, Roger Federer and Thierry Henry's services then?

You. Now, this may or may not concern you. But think of these guys as 'middlemen'. Someone, somewhere has to pay for them, and their agent. And that, my friend, is you.

So maybe that explains why a Gillette Fusion Power replacement cartridge is £2.50 for you to buy, when everyone in the know, knows it costs a tiny fraction of that to manufacture. So, once you've bought the handle, and enjoyed "Gillette's Best Shave", and come to replace your 4 pack, you'll be looking at shelling out £10...

Not a problem for Woods, Federer or Henry. But £10 is £10. A lot of money to get a close comfortable shave.

Wait until they launch their six blade razor, and have to sign Lewis Hamilton and another global sports star....

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AG Lafley is the Chairman of P&G. He delivered the $57Bn Gillette deal, in order to get his hands on the 5 bladed Gillette Fusion razor.

This must be his next acquistion.

Surely? After all, more blades, must equal a better shave. Right?

WKoHamat 08

This is what it would be like.
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I was on a sailing holiday recently, and anchored at the beautiful Caribbean island of Bequia for a few idyllic days. Whilst there, I visited the Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary, run by a couple of devoted Bequians, existing on voluntary donations and caring for Turtles.

Why am I blogging about this? Well, in the press today there was a front page picture of a Turtle which had ingested a plastic bag (they look like Jellyfish when floating in the water, and turtles eat these) and was dying.

Many of the turtles rescued by the Old Hegg sanctuary deal with this tragic issue. If you want to know more about the sanctuary, click here.

So, I for one would applaud a 'Bin the Bag' campaign. Just take your 'bag for life' with you when you go shopping...surely this is what people did before plastic bags.

Unnecessary secondary, not something you'll be seeing from King of Shaves
WKoHamat 08

PS, we adopted this turtle and called him Dudley, after my much missed Fox Terrier, who died at the ripe old age of 15 whilst I was away.

Beautiful. Sailing simplicity. WKoHamat 08