An Ode to Dental Floss.
Jan. 4th, 2005 06:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I finished the last of a large spool of dental floss last night, and as I was standing at the sink, staring at the old spool, it occurred to me that I have had that spool of floss longer than I've had most of my friends. I already owned that floss when I bought this house roughly 15 years ago. It has not only cleaned my teeth, but has served as an inspiration. It was the basis for a mono-filiment dispenser in a cyber-punk game I ran 10 years ago (with hilarious results). I was inspired because it seemed to have an endless supply and I worked out that were it mono-filiment the spool could hold roughly a light-years length of the stuff, rather than the measly 300 yards it says on the box.
And now its all gone. Truly is it the end of an era.
And now its all gone. Truly is it the end of an era.
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