Friday, September 12

Something I Thought I'd Never Do

Last night I did something I never thought I'd do.

I actually used to pour scorn on those, some really close friends, who did this once, maybe twice a day.

I figured that doing this wasn't natural, not meant to be.

But last night the opportunity presented itself and where I would usually dismiss the idea as crazy, this time I thought to myself: why not live a little? Take a risk for once and not think about the consequences or what other people think? Make this the start of a new attitude, I told myself.

And to be honest it did feel a bit weird at first, even causing me to feel a little bit sick. But then after a while I began to understand why so many others did it too.

And all the time I never felt like I was doing anything wrong. On the contrary: I never before had felt so clean. If I'm honest, a part of me still thinks it a strange and unnerving thing to do, perhaps even unnecessary. But I will carry on nonetheless.

Last night I did something I never thought I'd do.

Last night I brushed my tongue.

6 comments:

  1. :-D Yaaayyy power to the pe--o-pleeeeee!
    I dont understand how anyone doesnt brush their teef before going to sleep.

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  2. LOL - I like this post!
    I'm bit surprised you didn't already do this though .. brushing the tongue is a sickly task but a compulsory one especially when the tongue gets some action :p

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  3. Zahera,

    In over twenty five years (since I began brushing my own teeth in fact), I have never missed a brush either before or after sleep. And that's whether I'm on a plane, on Hajj, or in the middle of a desert. I suspect this is more sad than impressive.

    San,

    >a compulsory one especially when the tongue gets some action

    And that applies here how?

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  4. Brushing alone is not enough, you need one of these these.

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  5. Osama,

    It was actually the gimmicky-yet-oh-so-fancy dedicated tongue brusher on the back of my new toothbrush that turned me to the dark side.

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  6. I was consumed by the suspense as I read this. I'm surprised tongue brushing wasn't already part of your oral hygiene regime. How long until you start carrying a tooth brush around like me?

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