Is is hard to sneak carrying grooming implements?

We have reached the stage of the offspring's development in which knock-knock jokes are considered hysterical. I must make some phone calls to spread the pain. The godfather is going to be on the receiving end of some serious knock-knockery later on.

On another note, gtchaos is attending the New Zealand sheep shearing championships today (or possibly from the future). Live streaming video from here. I saw some sheep being sheared when I was in the En Zed, but this is on a whole new scale. You know, the sheep look simultaneously startled at being manhandled and relieved at getting the shear. I'm trying to imagine what kind of equivalent action could be done to a person to provoke both reactions at once. All I can think of is being manhandled and forcibly back waxed by a ninja beautician strike team.