Dental Floss

I really do have deep thoughts. A few of them are currently marinating in my brain. Unfortunately, they take a while before they are ready. So, while they bake, have you ever thought about dental floss? I mean, really thought about it beyond those six month dental checkups?

According to Wikipedia, Levi Spear Parmley is supposed to have invented the stuff. Apparently, Johnson and Johnson got the first patent. Don't you wish you had been around to even think of patenting dental floss? Even if people weren't using the stuff regularly, they had to have something for when that Cornish hen got stuck in their teeth, didn't they? Although, that might explain why everyone looked so serious in those old-fashioned photos.

Anyway, don't you wonder what else is just waiting for us to think it up? Wish I could think of whatever it is!

Comments

Jim said…
Great thoughts. You inspired our dinner time conversation. Who knows what I might patent.
Sharon said…
I think you might still be under the influence of jet lag, Lizzie! But now, I will think of you whenever I floss!