Thursday, March 11, 2010

Advice: Floss

Advice for anyone who plans to visit or study in Japan:  Bring your own floss.  I ran out of the pack I brought from home, and it took me weeks before I found any here.  I was desperate, so I paid the 500 yen ($5!!!!!) for the one pack.

One interesting thing, though.  I looked at the packaging, and the labels on the back indicated that the packaging could be separated into paper and recyclable plastic.

With American packaging in mind, I thought, “Great, how am I going to separate the paper and plastic without making it all ugly?”  I tried to peel the plastic part from the cardboard part and then

the plastic just cleanly popped off on its own.  That moment was the most amazing experience I had that week.

1 comment:

  1. Um. Dude you don't need to floss if you brush your teeth. It's one or the other. Not both. Or mouthwash. But you only need ONE.

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