Uncle Sam says brush!I was over at Amazon and I happened to check my review of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius to see how it was doing as far as votes go. So the word from Amazon was:

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

The first thing this made me think of was the Trident commercial. You know the one, “4 out 5 dentists recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum.” What exactly did the fifth dentist recommend? Gargling with Coca-Cola? Chewing on Brillo pads? Brushing once a month with a lollipop? There was a comedy routine about that fifth dentist but I can’t remember who did it and Google wasn’t much help.

But I did find some interesting trivia during my search that had nothing to do with dentists. Did you ever look at your favorite frozen flavored ice treat? It might say on it, quiescently frozen. Do you know what that means? I had no idea until tonight. Quiescent, of course, means “in a restful state”. And that is what makes a Popsicle. The liquid product is poured into a mold and frozen. Unlike ice cream which is stirred during the freezing process to inject air into the product, it is allowed to sit quietly until frozen. Thus quiescently frozen.

By the way, in reality, the fifth dentist recommended no gum chewing for his patients. Reality sometimes isn’t as funny as comedy.

 

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