First I would like to thank the gods for granting me this really fine state of relatively good health and would hope for many more years of same, and don't get me wrong, but I have for a few years been thinking about what it is I'm seeing and it seems there may not be all that much to recommend a life of longevity. I mean the chronic aches we medicate against is one thing, and a thing we have been fairly warned about what with all those geriatric actors on TV extolling the virtues of brand x painkillers (ibupropen-advil is good, I'm recently experimenting with naproxen sodium-aleve) but what is with this teeth gnashing thing? I think it is fairly common but why weren't we warned? Is it because even the least religious or literary of us are aware of the association that teeth gnashing has with the depths of Hell, and Madison Ave. is not up to the task of a campaign promoting a product that will deliver us from this E-veeel condition? I, for one, do not underestimate the prowess of the AVE. So, what's up?
In the final anaylsis though, I think there is plenty of information available for the suffering. Just last week while at the WalMart purchasing the 100 count generic Aleve, naproxen sodium, compare and save!, I saw on the shelf above a seventeen dollar mouth guard that is designed to keep us from gritting our teeth to excess. Judging by the picture on the box it looked very similar to, or exactly like, the mouth guards one might find over in Sporting Goods for 2.97. Which brings to mind the question of how do you avoid the very real possibility of swallowing the more expensive seventeen dollar version, and/or possibly choking to death in your sleep (if such a thing is possible)? With the cheaper version, you could at least attach it to the face guard of a football helmet and sleep in relative safety. Just some thoughts.
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In the final anaylsis though, I think there is plenty of information available for the suffering. Just last week while at the WalMart purchasing the 100 count generic Aleve, naproxen sodium, compare and save!, I saw on the shelf above a seventeen dollar mouth guard that is designed to keep us from gritting our teeth to excess. Judging by the picture on the box it looked very similar to, or exactly like, the mouth guards one might find over in Sporting Goods for 2.97. Which brings to mind the question of how do you avoid the very real possibility of swallowing the more expensive seventeen dollar version, and/or possibly choking to death in your sleep (if such a thing is possible)? With the cheaper version, you could at least attach it to the face guard of a football helmet and sleep in relative safety. Just some thoughts.
- jimlouis 9-01-2001 3:01 pm