thirty white horses on a red hill

[extemporanea]

It's not surprising that I hate going to the dentist, everyone hates going to the dentist. Having someone else poke around inside your mouth is an uncomfortably intimate sort of thing even without the pain and the grinding noises and the horrible little supersonic whines of the drills. But I really hate going to the oral hygienist, in whose chair I

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[ext_252688]

Armin. That's who really flosses. Swiss pervert.
(I'm with you - I know I should. But I probably won't.)

[extemporanea]

Somehow it figures, with the Swissness and all. Although I bet my Evil Landlord doesn't, so we can't really attribute it to the Germanic efficiency or anything. I am happy, however, to be in good company in my Lesser Mortal status with regard to flossing.

[strawberryfrog]

Good grief. Can you bottle and sell those dreams that you have?

[extemporanea]

Alas, no, it would be kinda fun to share them :>. They seem to be on a sharply rising curve in terms of surreality at the moment, the night before was Zach Galifianakis parking his light aircraft on the porch in order to overcharge me horribly for fixing a sofa. And last night was flying zombies. I'm rather looking forward to tonight. The jaguars were incredibly beautiful and only slightly alarming.

[schedule5]

If you use a decent electric toothbrush, it reduces your plaque build-up, and hence your need to floss, substantially. MUCH easier.

I have, on occasion, flossed my son's teeth :D. He's not keen.

[extemporanea]

You interest me strangely. What's the precise definition of a "decent" electric toothbrush? For some reason I'm imagining it with those little Victorian piano-leg frills on its handle.

[schedule5]

An indecent toothbrush.

A decent toothbrush.

And a whole page dedicated to telling you how to choose an electric (oops, I mean a power ) toothbrush!

[extemporanea]

Hee. Indecent toothbrush. Also, the electric toothbrush fan page is one of those bizarre things that's only really possible on the internet. Bizarre, and useful. Thank you.

[bumpycat]

I floss, because my dentist keeps chiding me for not doing so. My eating patterns - snacking, and eating many sweets - means I need to look after my teeth.

[wolverine_nun]

Yes, well, we all need to look after our teeth. I also need to clean out my inbox, tidy the playroom, do some gardening, take the cat to the vet, etc.

I also do not floss. Although I own some. Handily on the shelf in the bathroomw with the stuff I actually do use. Sigh.

[extemporanea]

Clearly only mad Swiss and mad Army types are meticulous about flossing. I feel better now ;>.

[veratiny]

I'm a superficial beauty regime kinda gal...I don't leave the house with out make up and heels ; most days I wear a corset of some variety...if not stockings and suspenders as well; I blow dry my hair every day (and frequently wear an elaborate up do of some sort); I have my eye brows plucked; my eye lashes tinted; I wax the hairy bits I can reach and pay other people to wax the bits I can't; I paint my toe nails; I have even recently started washing my face (it felt weird moisturising a dirty face)...despite that I have never, ever been able to floss my teeth beyond the perfunctory once or twice after my most recent visit to the dentist :-/

Making myself up=fun
flossing=bloody torture

[wolverine_nun]

Wow. Just wow.

I sometimes remember to look at myself in the mirror before I leave the house, to make sure I don't have weird sticky-up bits of hair.

Isn't it fun that we're all different?