Hmmm, apparently not.
Well, in the interim someone comes to tell some jokes, here's a bit of fascinating history I know y'all by dying to read:
Some Dental History
Toothpaste
Toothpaste was used as long ago as 500 BC in China and India. Modern toothpastes were developed in the 1800s. A dentist called Peabody was the first to add soap to toothpaste in 1824. Chalk was first added to toothpaste by John Harris in the 1850s. In 1873, toothpaste was first mass-produced nice smelling toothpaste in a jar. In 1892, Dr. Washington Sheffield of Connecticut was the first to put toothpaste into a collapsible tube. Sheffield's toothpaste was called Dr. Sheffield's Creme Dentifrice. Advancements in synthetic detergents (after WW II) replaced the soap used in toothpaste with emulsifying agents such as Sodium Lauryl Sulphate and Sodium Ricinoleate. Later, research resulted in the use of fluoride in toothpaste.
Toothbrush
The early history and evolution of the toothbrush has its origin in the "chewingsticks" used by the Babylonians as early as 3500 BC. Ancient Greek and Roman literature even discusses primitive toothpicks that were chewed on to help clean the teeth and mouth.
As the years passed, toothpicks matured into the chew stick which was about the size of a modern pencil. One end was chewed into and became softened and brush-like while the opposite end was pointed and used as a pick to clean food and debris from between the teeth. The twigs used were carefully chosen from aromatic trees that had the ability to clean and freshen the mouth. The earliest literature showing the use of these twigs is found in Chinese literature at around 1600 BC.
The first true bristled toothbrush also originated in China at around 1600 AD. At around 1780, the first toothbrush was made by William Addis of Clerkenald, England. Addis, and later, his descendants, manufactured the finest English brushes, where the handles were carved out of the bone of cattle and the heads of the natural bristles were placed in the bored holes made in the bone and kept in place by thin wire. The natural bristles were obtained from the necks and shoulders of swine, especially from pigs living in colder climates like Siberia and China.
By the early 1800s the bristled brushes were in general use in Europe and Japan. In 1857, H. N. Wadsworth was credited as the first American to receive a toothbrush patent as America entered the growing toothbrush market. In 1844, the first toothbrush was manufactured by hand and patented as a 3-row brush of serrated bristles with larger tufts by Dr. Meyer L. Rhein. In 1885, the Florence Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts, in association with Dr.Rhein, began producing the Pro-phy-lac-tic brush for mass marketing in the United States.
As technology progressed, synthetic bristles replaced the natural swine bristles. Nylon was first applied to the toothbrush at around 1938 and by 1939, electric toothbrushes arrived in an attempt to offer the public a brush that could simulate the action of a manual brush but with better results and cleaning performance.
Hard to believe, but most Americans didn't brush their teeth until soldiers brought the Army's enforced habit back home from World War II. The first real electric toothbrush was produced in 1939, developed in Switzerland. The electrical toothbrush was first marketed in the United States in 1960 by Squibb. The brush was called the Broxodent. General Electric introduced a rechargeable cordless toothbrush in 1961. Interplak was the first rotary action electrical toothbrush for home use, introduced in 1987.
Dental Floss
Dental floss is an ancient invention. Researchers have found dental floss and toothpick grooves in the teeth of prehistoric humans. Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859), a New Orleans dentist is credited as being the inventor of modern dental floss (or maybe the term re-inventor would be more accurate). Parmly promoted flossing with a piece of silk thread in 1815.
Say, are you just making up this thread, reyn? Inquiring minds are kinda curious.
edgarblythe wrote:Say, are you just making up this thread, reyn? Inquiring minds are kinda curious.
Ah, a visitor. I know I can always count on my dear friend, Edgar to drop by.
Making it up? Me? I would never do stuff like that!
By the way, you read my Iceman story yet in General News?
so reyn did you study fonics?
I missed the Jerry Butler story, reyn, but will look it up shortly.
Didn't everybody?
Oh, by the way, sorry I have to cancel supper. My wife's cooking up a shrimp dish.
I thought it a good time for another visit, too, Reyn. Nothing much to say really, just dropping by the say hello.:
"Hello!":
Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down Highway 61
'morning Canada.
Reyn, you asked for jokes. These may be "old hat" but here goes anyway.
Some Biblical 'first mention's of' ...
First mention of the motorbike-
When Moses found the 10 Commandments, the roar of his triumph was heard throughout the desert.
- the motorcar- when St. Peter washed Our Lord's Fiat
- the High Jump - when Jesus cleared the temple
- elasticity - Jesus tied his ass to a tree and walked into Jeruselum
msolga wrote:I thought it a good time for another visit, too, Reyn. Nothing much to say really, just dropping by the say hello.:
"Hello!":
"Hello" is good! How the heck are ya on a Monday?
edgarblythe wrote:Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down Highway 61
Is this part of a song?
What's the rest, what's the rest?
Hey, Imur. Glad to have you back!
Jokes are good. Nice to brighten up the day.
Thanks, and come back anytime!
Highway 61 Revisited
Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"
God says, "Out on Highway 61."
Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes
He asked poor Howard where can I go
Howard said there's only one place I know
Sam said tell me quick man I got to run
Ol' Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down on Highway 61.
Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King
I got forty red white and blue shoe strings
And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things
And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son
And he said yes I think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to Highway 61.
Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren't right
My complexion she said is much too white
He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you're right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done
But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on Highway 61.
Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored
He was tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61.
Can I whistle to that tune?
It's a lively one, with a police siren at the breaks. You could dance to it.
I've always been fond of Kazoo music.
I like to hum to Millie Vanillie songs.
Can't lip sinc, cause I don't know the words.
