One of my most hated and one of my most favourite feelings comes during and after something is stuck in your teeth. You all know the feeling; whether its some dinner lodged between your deepest, darkest molars or a sesame seed camping out in your permanent retainer. All of our tongues have gotten cut, curled, and cramped up trying to free the felon from your pearly whites. And we've all said it "I gotta get some toothpicks in my car!" but tend to forget the feeling of meat between our teeth when there isnt any, thus forgetting to stock up on the pointy pieces of lumber at a convenient time and location.
ALAS! Fellow sufferers, a solution!
Most of us never leave home without a pack of gum in our pockets or purses right? Well the solution lies right there (as long as your equipped with proper packaging).
Now, some of you may think you're catching on because you too use your piece of gum to push up into the crevases in your mouth and when you pull it out you hope it sticks and pulls out the piece of food thats been bothering you...
Well, no.
Although this method does sometimes work I find oftentimes if my gums fresh and still has alot of stick to it the gum gets stuck in my tooth spaces causing even more problems.
My gum of choice is Cinnamint ... now its gotta be the kind of gum that comes as 'chicklet' type in the slide out, window packaging made popular by Excel and now coppied by brands like Trident. Well, the cure is in the aluminum packaging ... once you've popped out your gum use the piece of foil that was holding your piece in place and roll it up in a cylinder shape. Next sit it between your thumb and pointer and slide your fingers back and forth until its super tight, concentrating on one end to make it pointy.
VOILA! With this pointy end, poke away!
Monday, January 26, 2009
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