I dug at this one spot for several days with toothpicks, toothbrushes, and dental floss.
I even used a sewing needle and a metal pushpin, but I still couldn't get the irritation out from between my teeth.
Walking home from the bus stop yesterday, I felt something move, and I spit out the popcorn husk into my hand.
These things are really super-intelligent nuisances bent on driving the entire human race insane, aren't they?
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I seem to have developed diverticulosis. So popcorn husks now can cause me several days of debilitating abdominal pain.
I'm not sure I can go to the movies anymore.
Posted by Eric J | January 15, 2008 2:06 PM
Posted on January 15, 2008 14:06
Those little hulls are worse when they have one tiny corner poking out of your gumline that's too small to use as a lever, yet large enough to lacerate your tongue.
I propose de-hulling popcorn kernels, wrapping them up in a sack, and sending them to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. The resulting pressure will shrink them down to a miniscule size, where they can be (under pressure) dehydrated and canned. Then, whenever you want popcorn, you just pop open a soda-sized can of the pressurized kernels, whereupon a bushel of hull-free pre-salted popcorn will puff into existence.
Posted by El Capitan | January 15, 2008 2:56 PM
Posted on January 15, 2008 14:56
Yes. They are. And they're succeeding admirably. hehehe
Posted by Robyn | January 15, 2008 8:11 PM
Posted on January 15, 2008 20:11
I don't eat much popcorn lately, but what really does me is spinach. It's too fragile to pull out with your fingers (it tears) and if you try to use a toothpick, it jams even harder. Floss won't touch it, as the floss just moves over it. I wonder if nothing short of major oral surgery will get rid of green, leafy veggies between the teeth!
Posted by David M. Hartzell | January 15, 2008 9:38 PM
Posted on January 15, 2008 21:38
I think they're in cahoots with all the missing socks of the world.
Posted by Brandon | January 16, 2008 9:15 AM
Posted on January 16, 2008 09:15