July 3, 2008

• I Have Seen The Light: It Is Purple and Minty

  I went to the dentist last month for the first time in many, many moons. She was incredibly nice and understood that my dental history had neither been spotless nor very impressive for someone my age. My bad.

  Anyway, after telling me I’d have to go in for fillings (which I expected), she told me I should use a better mouthwash than what I had been using . . . “just get the Listerine purple stuff,” she said.

  I went to CVS that night and purchased my first bottle.

  

  I am now a Purple Stuff addict. I get excited in the mornings when I get up because I know any germs that may have accumulated will be annihilated within one minute; when my teeth feel gross mid-day after the Chinese food that I inevitably eat three times a week, I crave Purple Stuff.

  I ‘spose this is a better addiction than hard drugs and that it’s a turn toward better dental care on my part, but I never thought I would fall so fast for a minty substance laced with fluoride.

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