Pointless random thoughts...
#676
Posted 27 September 2004 - 03:37 AM
There is a report circulating in my country that All Drinks With “Cola” in Their Name (ADWCITN) are bad for you. Among the rumours repeated during idle chats on trains, busses and dentist’s waiting rooms are:
1.ADWCITN are successfully used for removing rust from old screws, bolts, threads etc.
2.Workers in plants producing ADWCITN frequently use their produce to clean production lines
3.A tooth left for 24 hours in ADWCITN dissolves completely
It was the last of these “beliefs” that inspired me to do a little experiment.
Not that I believed it. Common sense would tell anybody that point No 3 cannot be true, because otherwise the whole America would squeeze dry the companies producing ADWCITN in litigation for teeth loss – and a significant part of the whole world enjoying their ADWCITN would be toothless, too.
But this reasoning does not stop these rumours. And I could, of course, in clear conscience say “falsehood”, basing on the above reasoning, but I thought an experiment would have more weight as an argument.
Last Friday I had my rear lower right molar removed (one of the so called “wisdom teeth”). I could not waste such an opportunity. I asked if I could keep it, and no sooner had I got home then I sank the molar in an eggcupfull of ADWCITN, “diet” or “light” variety, because it is said to be more nasty.
After 24 hours, shaking with anticipation I fished for the molar, half- expecting it NOT to be there. The tooth, however, was intact. More detailed examination revealed, that
1.Visual inspection could not detect any mass loss
2.The enamel was not visibly damaged
3.Moreover, around 70% of the tooth surface was covered in brown sediment, the colour of ADWCITN.
So, if anybody ever tells you that a tooth immersed in ADWCITN dissolves in 24 hours – contradict it at once. I checked. It does not.
#678
Posted 27 September 2004 - 04:33 AM
#680
Posted 27 September 2004 - 08:43 AM
More frequently, though, my dad's brothers (who, in retrospect, were in their early to mid twenties when I was a kid and must have thought this was hilarious) would look at the pile of uneaten crusts on my plate, and on the plates of my younger sisters, and intone, "You should eat those. If you eat your crusts it'll put hair on your chest."
Then they would snaffle the uneaten crusts off our plates.
#681
Posted 27 September 2004 - 10:03 AM
Extra Random Thought: I do hereby declare that I will never get sick of the theme to Beetlejuice. Movie or cartoon version.
EVER.
This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 27 September 2004 - 10:05 AM
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#682
Posted 27 September 2004 - 11:01 AM
#683
Posted 27 September 2004 - 11:24 AM
I also thought the curly hair argument was stupid, as I didn't want curly hair. As a child I had a fairly large mullet going on and curly hair just didn't fit with it.
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#684
Posted 27 September 2004 - 12:09 PM
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#685
Posted 28 September 2004 - 06:41 PM
actually, i liked crust when i was a kid, still do. i didn't care about crust as long as it wasn't on toast.(especially texas toast).
if you swallow bubble gum you'll fart bubble gum bubbles.
Twelve jurors,
one judge,
and half a chance.
#686
Posted 28 September 2004 - 06:44 PM
plus now this is my 500th post.
toot. did you know that cat urine glows under a black light. ( and no, i don't know this from experience.)
Twelve jurors,
one judge,
and half a chance.
#687
Posted 28 September 2004 - 06:52 PM
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Hey, did you know that under a black light, I actually look like I have a tan?
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#688
Posted 28 September 2004 - 06:58 PM
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#689
Posted 28 September 2004 - 07:04 PM
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#690
Posted 28 September 2004 - 09:36 PM
it would have been weird if i wrote the wall instead of a wall, think about it.
Twelve jurors,
one judge,
and half a chance.