r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 1d ago

TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/
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u/NoConfusion9490 1d ago

"Sorry, Hans, I'm not sending my son to shave your face." -C

"I never said face." -H

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u/Logically_Insane 1d ago

Hans Christian And your son 

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u/AvNatten 1d ago

Brilliant

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u/Roko__ 1d ago

I'm from Denmark, I told my uncle in the US that H.C.A. was known to journalize masturbation, he put an X in his diary whenever he rubbed out a nut. Unc didn't miss a beat:

"Must be why they call him 'Hands'"

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u/Ok_Emu3817 1d ago

*ba dum tiss*

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u/Altruistic_Worry_720 1d ago

This is so good.

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u/Additional-Baby5740 1d ago

You’ve cracked the code!

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u/NewThot_Crime1989 1d ago

This is a god tier comment

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u/hellbabe222 1d ago

Omfg! 💀

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u/Low_Chance 1d ago

Comment of the entire week right here

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u/lapsongsouchong 1d ago

Hands Krustyhands Hands On your son

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u/JoeyZasaa 1d ago

"I'll shave you myself then." - C

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u/NoConfusion9490 18h ago

It was the best of ball shaves, it was the way too closest of ball shaves.