This ad is my pet hate at the moment. You've got this supposed teenager who actually looks about 29 trying to show his middle-aged Dad all this technology stuff and then thrilling him with a Gillette Fusion razor for Christmas. Now most middle-aged men that I know are gadget freaks would rather chew their own arm off than admit that the younger generation had anything to teach them about technology. Mind you, judging by the expression on this particular Dad's face it looks as though he might have had his intelligence blunted by a frontal lobotomy earlier in life, so maybe that explains it.

As for the product itself, I'd have thought that it's obvious that the more blades you add to a razor the more cumbersome it gets and the harder to get a good shave in all those nooks and crannies. What do they do to get around this? Add a sixth blade, of course! A triumph of marketing over common sense.

Personally I find I get a quite adequate shave with a two-blade razor. At least I do when I've taken a Stanley knife to that ridiculous lubricating strip that swells up and stops the blades getting into contact with your face.

Rant over!