We live in an age where technology constantly works to make our lives better. There have been advances ranging from the simple to the most fiendishly complex in aid of this. Think of the dishwasher, the telephone, the car, the computer, the mobile phone. Everything is becoming automated, electronic, digital. Look at music. First it was those old fashioned record players, then the wireless, then tapes, the arrival of CDs and now the rise of MP3 players and iPods.

So why in God's name do electric shavers suck so badly compared to blades? That guy from Remington once said "As close as your regular blade or your money back" and "I liked the razor so much I bought the company" but anyone who has ever used both knows there is no electric as good as a blade. The electric shaver was invented in the 1930s and it seems like the last technological leap was in 1975. That's almost 30 years ago. Don't they have an R&D department?

He might be dead but he's got a lot to answer for.