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Post by Raoul Duke on Aug 15, 2006 2:16:09 GMT 7
I LOVE Crest Green Tea toothpaste! One of the great inventions of modern China. It tastes good...a hint of jasmine tea...and of course it passes the rigorous bribes testing of the Chinese Dental Association. If you haven't tried this one yet, check it out. If I ever leave China this is one thing I'm taking back a supply of.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 15, 2006 11:04:57 GMT 7
Colgate total. Nothing else exists. It is available everywhere. Does the whole bit, tartar, flouride, tastes nice and minty and scrapes off the taste the Dead Rat Fairy* leaves.
*Dead Rat Fairy. This is a commonly held beleif that when someone goes to sleep drunk, if they snore with their mouth open, the Dead Rat Fairy comes along and puts a dead rat in their mouth. Just before the unfortunate person wakes up, the Dead Rat Fairy takes away the dead rat, leaving the victim bewildered and reaching for the *colgate total.
*The author has no connection with either the Colgate family, or the *Colgate-Palmolive corporation.
*That's actually a lie I worked for them once packing soap for a holiday job before going back to Uni in the seventies.
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Post by cheekygal on Aug 15, 2006 13:24:43 GMT 7
Toothpaste here still tastes sooo much different than back home
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Post by Lotus Eater on Aug 15, 2006 16:20:40 GMT 7
Especially the weird stuff that you get in hotels in tiny wee little tubes!
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 15, 2006 21:29:03 GMT 7
That's toothpaste? I've been using it to whiten my tennis shoes.
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Post by Lotus Eater on Aug 17, 2006 1:33:57 GMT 7
That's toothpaste? I've been using it to whiten my tennis shoes. A member of the white shoe brigade huh?
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Post by Missi on Aug 17, 2006 6:48:42 GMT 7
I use toothpaste to clean my finger nails. Ladies, its so much cheaper than a french manicure!
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 17, 2006 7:36:16 GMT 7
Works good on lovebites. Trying to teach that to my college students, unsucessfully. Edit: I just realized how that sounds. I'll leave it anyway.
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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 19, 2006 7:45:30 GMT 7
Does that work? Some crazy bitch I never liked ran up to me at the Ship and hugged me. What was I supposed to do, push her off? So I relectantly hugged her, and she BIT ME ON THE NECK. Hard!
Now I have this nasty hickey. I'm gonna pay some woman to beat up on the skank for me, but in the meantime I gotta get this horrid bruise off my neck.
Oh yeah, the green tea toothpaste kicks ass.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 19, 2006 12:03:43 GMT 7
Con, I know people don't believe me when I tell them stuff, but yes, it's the truth. Try it. It reduces the colour significantly.
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Post by gretch on Aug 20, 2006 12:16:40 GMT 7
Green tea??? Is that what it is??? I thought it was skunk weed... BTW, I've been away from the saloon awhile but has it gotten so dull in there that we've resorted to talking about toothpaste??? my oh my ... Besides, Raoul, shouldn't you be writing a book or somefin'
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Post by nolefan on Sept 2, 2006 16:01:01 GMT 7
I'm with Raoul.. Crest green tea is great. Another favorite of mine is Signal. That's the brand i used when i lived in France and morocco but i never saw it in the states. Anyways, I was glad to see it in China... give it a shot, tastes like home.
I tried the LG (didn't know they made more than electronics) bamboo toothpaste and that was just weird. My tastebuds could not get used to it.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 2, 2006 17:08:49 GMT 7
Yeah, I've seen that bamboo-and-salt stuff but was never tempted to buy it. LG makes anything and everything, in the finest tradition of Korean conglomerates. Kumho, for example, makes both tires and snack cakes...apparently in the same factory and using the same raw materials.
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Post by gengrant on Oct 6, 2006 18:03:59 GMT 7
well, gonna go out on a limb here and disagree with our leader...that green tea stuff is NASTY with a capital...um...with all capitals! just bought some minty Zhong Hua brand but haven't tried it yet...it was cheap (as in only about 4.2 kuai) and smelled nice...(on a side note, I highly recommend going into stores and opening up their toothpastes and other items and giving em a good sniff...drives the workers nuts!)...i'll let y'all know if it gets rid of that Dead Rat Fairy tm stuff... btw, it does bear the Zhonghua Professional Oral Care Center and the FDI World Dental Federation seals of approval...and they have a toll free number to call with comments...hmmm...wonder if they'd like to hear about the Dead Rat Fairy tm?
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Post by Mr Nobody on Oct 6, 2006 20:31:08 GMT 7
Colgate Total is available in China. Why go further?
It's the Dead Rat Fairy's worst nightmare.
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