BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine

Subject: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: gnu
Date: 17 May 08 - 02:36 PM

Aaaaagggghhhhhhhhh!!! Ppptttuuu. Ppptttuuu. Son of a PUP!

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Amos
Date: 17 May 08 - 02:51 PM

Lisdexia, huh?


A

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: gnu
Date: 17 May 08 - 02:52 PM

Oh, gee whiz. I am glad I don't have any of that on the bathroom vanity.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: gnu
Date: 17 May 08 - 02:53 PM

Hmmm... I must make sure the Preparation H is a long way from the toothpaste.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Amos
Date: 17 May 08 - 02:56 PM

YEah--you wouldn't wanna make an ass of yourself.



A

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 May 08 - 03:20 PM

I don't use Lectric Shave. It gunks up my shaver. I do gargle with Listerine, however (original "flavor," not the citris flavored stuff). If I do, I find that I spend far less time clearing my throat when I start vocal exercises. It probably does "kill the germs that cause bad breath" okay, but until it dissipates, it leaves your breath smelling like tractor exhaust. Scope may leave you smelling prettier, but it's a lousy gargle and doesn't work anywhere near as well.

I understand that before going on stage, Caruso used to gargle with a shot of good whiskey. Then he's swallow it, sing a high C, and he was ready to go.

Also, you want to keep the Ben Gay away from the Preparation H. I know a guy who got the two mixed up and took off like a rocket! And loud? Wow!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: bobad
Date: 17 May 08 - 03:24 PM

So you ran outta hootch and your hittin' the after shave and mouthwash eh? Times must be rough out there in the Merrytimes.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: GUEST,Ed.T
Date: 17 May 08 - 05:09 PM

There was a fella who didn't know the dif. between Ky-jel and putty...his windows fell out.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Bill D
Date: 17 May 08 - 05:39 PM

When I was 11, I learned the difference between Pepsodent and Brylcreme....and I was NOT combing my hair.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 May 08 - 05:58 PM

So a little dab will do you, eh?    Ptui!!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: bobad
Date: 17 May 08 - 07:11 PM

Bill's post reminded me of a boarding school gag which entailed squeezing Brylcream into someone's toothpaste tube and watching his reaction in the morning and trying not to laugh too hard at his facial contortions so as to not give yourself away as the perp.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: JennieG
Date: 17 May 08 - 08:13 PM

Some years ago I wondered where my hairspray (which I seldom use which is why I hadn't noticed its disappearance) had gone.....after questioning Himself it transpired that he had thought it was underarm deodorant and had used it all up.

He had wondered why his underarm hairs were a bit stiff.....

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: frogprince
Date: 17 May 08 - 11:04 PM

Not exactly a "ptui" situation, but: my college roommate had been trying an experimental treatment for hemerhoids...chapstick. (Don't blame me; it wasn't my idea, and I didn't even know until later.) The kid from across the hall was bumming around in our room, picked up the chapstick,(as if that wasn't a little crass anyhow)and used it on his lips. I had no idea why my roommate was laughing so hard until he explained later.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 May 08 - 05:25 PM

Sounds like an urban legend, that last one. . .

Don, my dentist advised against using the mouthwash with alcohol (most of them have it). He said it dries your mouth and can cause gum damage after a while. I was using a mouthwash to soak my orthodontia retainers between cleanings, and after switching to one of the non-alcohol (and more expensive, naturally) ones my mouth felt better.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Peace
Date: 18 May 08 - 05:28 PM

Anyone know of a good gargle to loosen up the old vocal cords (and in my case that's too true)?

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Peace
Date: 18 May 08 - 05:30 PM

OOPS. Wasn't meaning to disagree with Don. Should have said "any other gargles that don't contain alcohol".

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: gnu
Date: 18 May 08 - 05:47 PM

Milk? Warm milk? And, drink a wee bit too (I prefer skim milk for drinking). The muscles need the calcium to be able to respond to flexing. It's all about the negative and positive charges in the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondria. If I drink a glass of skim milk twenty minutes before playin Hran, I can do much better for longer... I assume this would be the same for guitar... and, why not for singing, as well?

As for a gargle, I just "think" that milk with some fat content would help grease the skids.... no... ??? Just a thought.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Amos
Date: 18 May 08 - 07:42 PM

A mixture of apple cider vinegar and honey does wonders..



A

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: open mike
Date: 18 May 08 - 08:20 PM

i miss burma shave signs..
do you supppose they call it Myanmar Shave now?
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/burma.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave
http://burma-shave.org/links

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Tweed
Date: 18 May 08 - 09:29 PM

I once got up bleary eyed and shaved one armpit, thinking that my Norelco was the Mennon stick deodorant.

Aslo, if you confuse your Listerine with mosquito repellent you will find that it works better at keeping the bugs off than OFF or that skinsosoft stuff. Rednecks down this way are swearing by it and they know their mosquitos.

Tweed

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Don Firth
Date: 18 May 08 - 09:59 PM

Milk? Bad choice. An ear, nose and throad doctor who works a lot with singers told me that milk and milk products are mucus forming, and you might wind up singing in Phlegmish!

Hmm. I'll reassess the Listerine gargle thing, Maggie. It seems to work pretty well, but if it can do long-term damage. . . .

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Don Firth
Date: 18 May 08 - 10:01 PM

Which is to say, milk and milk products are fine, but not a good idea soon before singing.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Peace
Date: 19 May 08 - 12:05 AM

" . . . and you might wind up singing in Phlegmish!"

You DO realize how BAD that is, huh? (That's BAD as in goooooood.)

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Peace
Date: 19 May 08 - 12:07 AM

"A mixture of apple cider vinegar and honey does wonders.."

Pardon me for asking, Amos. There are two, not three ingredients in that (as in you didn't omit a comma)?

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 May 08 - 12:19 AM

apple cider vinegar is one, honey is the other

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 May 08 - 12:30 AM

I once gave my head a swift pufff of bug spray. (I wasn't the one who had left that can in the can...)

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 03:16 PM

A535 and Preparation H. Now, if you put the H on yer Arm, it won't Hammer you, but if you put the A on her Hole, it'll Hemmer you.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Beer
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 03:19 PM

Lol, your nuts.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 03:34 PM

Oh no, that's not a good place to put it either.


G

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 06:22 PM

I use a non-alky mouthwash that also prevents dry mouth. Can't remember off hand what it's called, but I'll check when I get home. It's a tad pricey, though.

What about plain old warm water and salt?

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: John Hardly
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 06:26 PM

got a good buzz on?


....take it off with lectric shave.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 06:27 PM

Rap.... please post the name. After losing 1.5 parotids, I really would like to know it.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 10:05 PM

Okay.

It's called Biotene, with an accent grave over the first E. Made by Laclede.

Ingredients: Purified water, propylene glycol, Xylitol, polyglycitol, Poloxamer 407, Hydroxyethyl cellulose, sodium benzoate, benzoic acid, natural peppermint, sodium phosphate, zinc gluconate, calcium lactate, aloe vera, potassium thiocyanate, natural enzymes: lactoferrin, lysozyme, lactoperoxidase, glucose oxidase.

Website is here.

For you, Gnu, they also make veterinary products.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 03:52 AM

Calcium lactates?

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 09:11 AM

I dunno; I just copied the stuff on the bottle. Sounds like milk to me.

But it does work for dry mouth, and the toothpaste does help as well.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: gnu
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 01:32 PM

Thanks Rap.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Greg B
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 09:49 PM

Funny--- Brylcreem and Colgate also look a lot alike. The former,
however, will send your toothbrush skidding out of control. I was
about 9 when I discovered that...my Dad thought it was funny and
wrote a jingle about it.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Jun 08 - 10:53 AM

You can also put Lectric shave on instead of hair stickum if you're tired enough in the morning. This necessitates another shampoo.

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: Greg B
Date: 08 Jun 08 - 06:00 PM

I use Lectric shave on my hair every morning (as those who've seen
me in the last 14 months will attest).

Subject: RE: BS: Lectric Shave and Listerine
From: bankley
Date: 09 Jun 08 - 04:39 PM

and there's something about an Aquavelva man,,,,,, the best breath on the block....