How often have you finished a great meal only to have your best friend point at her teeth discreetly and mouth "you have something on your teeth"? You try to push at it with your tongue, discreetly cover your mouth and rub it off with your finger tip, but she still shakes her head and whispers "still there". So you head to bathroom and sure enough, the entire spinach salad, artichoke dip and ribs you just ate are stuck between your teeth!?!? Now if you are Chinese, you'd just go to the hostess stand and ask for a toothpick (so damaging on the gums! Have you noticed the gaping holes between the upper teeth on old Chinese people? Result of years of sticking hard wooden toothpicks between their teeth!). But if you're the average American, you'd try to pick it out with your nails. Not a good idea either. I started carrying around the soft picks from GUM just for those moments, not only are they easy on your gums, they actually promote the health of your gums by removing bacteria causing food items that get stuck. They're made of ultra soft rubber so you can gently remove anything between your teeth without any kind of damage to gum tissue. I don't suggest using it at the dinner table as my two girlfriends and their husbands did tonight when I showed them the pack. It's just not attractive and kind of unsanitary. A pack of 40 soft gum picks are only $2.99 at Drugstore.com and you never have to be embarrassed on a date again. Buy GUM soft picks
Love how you said "Have you noticed the gaping holes between gum and teeth on old Chinese people? Result of years of sticking hard wooden toothpicks between their teeth!" .. NOT.
How RUDE AND RACIST!
"Now if you are Chinese, you'd just go to the hostess stand and ask for a toothpick (so damaging on the gums! Have you noticed the gaping holes between the upper teeth on old Chinese people? Result of years of sticking hard wooden toothpicks between their teeth!)."
I expect more from you, Tina. I am very disappointed in both you and in Beauty Snob for allowing this to be published. I demand a public apology to the Chinese community, whether they do or they do not have "gaping holes between the upper teeth."
Why don't we start a whole new section stereotyping and discriminating against every race? I'm sure you wouldn't mind taking on the new title 'Racist Snob Tina,' would you? After all, we should always let our true colours shine.