Friday, October 14, 2005

Toothpaste from Argentina

This morning, the morning after, I reach for my toothbrush and toothpaste.
The taste of 747 cabin air still on my tongue.

The tube proudly declares that it is sugar free! even to me with my smattering of Spanish comprehension.
Only in Argentina, plastic surgeon paradise and designer jean heaven would they think to put THAT on a tube
of toothpaste.

I check my new tube of Crest in the bathroom closet. It has "sorbitol" and "saccharine" on the list of ingredients but
the label is more concerned with obliterating plaque, gingivitis and tooth decay inside my mouth.
Is my mouth SUPPOSED to be germ free?
Only in America would they think sterile = healthy.

I decide to use the Argentine toothpaste.

Am I home-
or not?

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