Nine-Nine and suddenly you hear a
sigh followed by a ‘wow!’ Who could
that be? You check your earphones;
snugly plugged in. You look left; nah,
she is busy texting. You look right; bin-
go! A curious set of eyes are glued to
your phone/tablet reading the subti-
tles and laughing along! What to do,
you ask? Try sharing a few giggles and
tell us how that went.
7 The Prohibitor
Have you ever strategically planned
your entry so that you managed to
nudge The Elbow Charger, stepped
away from the Loudspeaker, followed
The Opportunist tograba similarop-
portunity, but justasyouwereabout
to lay your glorioushindquarters
onto the seat, youwereblockedby
someone prohibitingyoufromsitting
because they were savingthatseatfor
their friend?
Beware, The Prohibitoris the
crusher of your derrieredreams.
She/he is hard to identifyifyouare
not paying close attention.Howdo
you spot them? Noticetwoorthree
passengers close togethergiggling,
chatting or just noddingateachoth-
er and KNOW thattheyaregoingto
want to sit together.Quite a Mouthful
An American dentist who holds the Guinness WorldRecordfor
the largest collection of toothpaste tubes has announcedhis
collection has grown to about 3000 tubes. Dr Val Kolpakovof
Peach State Dentistry in Alpharetta, Georgia, said histoothpaste
collection began when he was trying for a very differentGuinness
record – the largest collection of pulled teeth. “WhenI startedmy
dental career, I was pulling hundreds of teeth, then I remembered
there was a Guinness record for number of teeth pulled,”hetold
the media. Kolapakov said he still has his collection ofhundreds
of extracted teeth, but he ended up finding informationon
toothpaste collecting instead and decided to changehisfocus.
He was first awarded the record in 2012, when his collection
stood at 2037 different tubes. “My patients are prettyexcited
when I show them some unusual flavours that Ihave,”
he says. “And if they travel to certain countries, theybring
me toothpaste from there.” UPIWhen my kids assure me they will clean up their mess,I knowhow
my dentist must feel when I assure him I will floss. @PARENTNORMAL59
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