As Meaningless as Shaving Gnat Hair

We got a voicemail from Sigrin Newell in Albany, New York, and she was commenting on that conversation that we had about talking about shaving yak hair. You remember that one, Grant? Oh yeah, that’s quite a while back, but that’s when you just go to extremes to solve a problem.

Right, right. And you’re doing this monotonous, really tedious task. And it goes back to the old Ren and Stimpy show and yak shaving day being this weird holiday that involves, I don’t know, hanging diapers and stuffing coleslaw into rubber boots.

Yeah, it was Ren and Stimpy. You just don’t know. Yeah, and there was something about shaving a yak in there. Anyway, when Sigrun was listening to our conversation, what she heard was shaving the gnat, G-N-A-T. And she said, I kept on thinking, boy, that’s a really great metaphor for a tiny, tedious, meaningless job.

That’s perfect. No, it’s Y-A-K, but let’s start G-N-A-T, shaving the gnat, G-N-A-T. Shaving the gnat. Yeah, this is how egg corns get started, right? Boy, you just spend all your time shaving the gnat, G-N-A-T. Little gnat legs.

Right, it’s a whole spa thing. California can come up with anything to make a buck. Right. Sigrun, thank you for that one. 877-929-9673.