Open thread

So, our regular readers may know that I have a hang up about how companies today have to put perfume in every single product imaginable. There's often some kind of artificial scent in your shampoo, soap, conditioner, hair spray, deodorant, toothpaste (artificial taste too), skin lotion, hair gel, toilet paper, kleenex, and on and on and on as if I can't go buy my own cologne, I'd rather wear 14 different really cheap ones at the same time. Well, I have allergies, and they've grown over the years, so I'm trying to get away from all the scented crap since I'm now allergic to the perfume in my conditioner and at least one shampoo I have (isn't it great growing old?). Tonight I tried, for the first time, Tom's of Maine toothpaste. Chris (in Paris) and his wife Joelle use it, so I figured I'd give it a try. And let me say, wow. For the first time in memory I can brush my teeth without my mouth hurting. I'd always figured I had some weird allergy to something in toothpaste, the longer I brushed the more my mouth hurt (and not from the brush), but at the same time I figured that sounded a bit crazy. Well, now I know. I have an allergy to some crap they put in regular toothpaste. And whatever it is, they don't put it in Tom's of Maine. I brushed for a good 2 minutes until the electric toothbrush did its thing, and no pain.

Mark my words. Some day in the future, it may be 5 years it may be 20, you're going to read about how the cumulative effect of all the absurd perfume they put in everything is harming our bodies. Someone will sue all of these companies for a lot of money, and win. And you'll think of this blog post. Good night.