Flossing Tips

It really takes a guy to tackle this topic — a woman wouldn't  let herself be seen in such an unflattering scene as this. But I will risk the possible ridicule of my fellow man in order to secure a better future for him (and her). Is not that true love?

I came across these flossing agents (GUM®) because my wife bought them for me as a travel help. Little did I know that it would actually help me become more hygienically consistent. And there is a reason men don't like to floss, not just me. One, we like the way our jaw is attached according to God's original design. Yes, we all admire the python's ability to be able to swallow a pig whole by unhinging his jaw, but we aren't built that way. Men have bigger hands than women and it is difficult to cram that much mass into a relatively small compartment. Ah yes, the garroting, and subsequent cutting off of the blood supply to the fingers given the task of spooling the new and used floss (gross in and of itself), and keeping said floss bowstring tight is also a slightly negative aspect to this act. Then you have the shrapnel of varying density and molecular make up flying to who knows where when the taut floss is made even tighter when being removed from between adjacent teeth and then has that tension totally and instantly released. Only what hits the mirror is usually noticed, be we men know from years of stand-up peeing experience, that the distribution of that urinal product is truly chaotic and the destination of that substance, like flossing debris emitting from the mouth at roughly 100 mph, cannot be controlled either.

Well, I really wasn't that self conscious of all the negative aspects to flossing until they were all eliminated! They are all done away with by this cool little tool. You may notice in the two un-retouched photos above, that the flossing with the GUM® tool is done with the mouth closed, without your hands in the oral cavity, and without 10' of floss wrapped around your purple fingers. Another benefit that is hard to picture is that with this tool you can use the power of your jaw to move the floss between your teeth simply by biting on the tool itself. This results in total, smooth, hydraulic-like control. The result of this control is less gum material being sliced by a tight floss wire as it hits the gum line at that same 100 mph!

Anyway I felt this subject important to include it in today's blog segment. Hope it's not too personal for you.

For better hygiene and living standards...Oh yeah you can go to: the G•U•M website here. They didn't pay for this by the way.

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