Treat A Loved One With An Unusual Luxury Item Like A Boar Bristle Hairbrush

Part One

Part One

He had taught Classics at a community college in upstate New York for a few years before I met him, so I wasnt surprised he knew more about the history of the boar and the boar bristle hairbrush than I did. He was certainly smart, but he was quirky too and thats what drew me to him. We only dated for a few weeks, but he always had unusual gifts for me. There had been a salesman who used to call around my childhood neighborhood. My mom never gave him the time of day. Bearing that in mind, my prejudices having been retained since childhood, I was surprised that their product range would contain anything resembling a nice gift for me.

I had served a latte to the Classics tutor the first day I spoke to him and I noticed that he was reading Chapmans translation of Homers Odyssey.

Its a good book, I told him.

The originals better, was his response.

The original?

In Ancient Greek.

I wouldnt know, I said. What part are you on?

He glanced up at me then, and for the first time he smiled.

Odysseus has returned home. Eurycleia has just realised its him while she washes his feet.

She recognizes the scar?

Thats right. The old scar on his leg he got during a boar hunt, many years before. His eyes lit up. He seemed impressed that I knew a little of the story. Whats your name? he asked then.

We dated for a few weeks. He was in town for the summer months researching a historical novel. He said the novel dealt in part with the Pony Express and Id told him about my love of horses and how I couldnt afford one right now, but as soon as I graduated from night school and had a proper job, I was going straight to the local stables to buy a share in a horse to take out riding and to groom and to brush down in the evenings. He asked me what Id brush it down with. He asked the most ridiculous questions sometimes. He told me I should use a quality hairbrush, more specifically one of their great boar bristle hairbrushes, that they made some top quality products.

Their boar bristle hairbrush is second to none, he told me, with the earnestness of an ad man. That made me laugh. I told him how I was prejudiced against Fuller since my childhood. I told him about the hairbrush salesman and how my mom wouldnt let him inside her door. That made him laugh.

by: Vincent Platania

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