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South Dakota: The State Where People Go Longest Without Brushing Teeth
NCBuy ^ | 3/18/02

Posted on 03/18/2002 4:39:07 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection

If you ever visit South Dakota, be sure to bring some breath mints -- it's the state where people go the longest between tooth brushings.

According to a poll by Mentadent toothpaste, 67 percent of the folks in South Dakota admit they've gone up to three days without brushing their teeth.

It isn't much better in Utah, where 66 percent confess to the same oral oversight.

Other toothbrush-challenged states include: Oklahoma, where 60 percent of folks have gone without brushing for up to three days; and Indiana and Rhode Island, where 57 percent of the population admit they've kept their toothbrushes on the shelf that long.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brushing; teeth
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1 posted on 03/18/2002 4:39:07 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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2 posted on 03/18/2002 4:47:19 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
You've been impatiently waiting to find a place to post that, haven't you? :-)
3 posted on 03/18/2002 4:51:42 PM PST by JennysCool
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To: SamAdams76
LOL!
4 posted on 03/18/2002 4:52:28 PM PST by zlala
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
According to a poll by Mentadent toothpaste, 67 percent of the folks in South Dakota admit they've gone up to three days without brushing their teeth.

Film at 11 ...

5 posted on 03/18/2002 4:54:04 PM PST by strela
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To: SamAdams76
Ha ha ha! Good one!
6 posted on 03/18/2002 4:55:06 PM PST by Clara Lou
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
You do know that the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas, right?

Anywhere else, and it would have been called a teethbrush.
7 posted on 03/18/2002 4:57:22 PM PST by Tickle Me Pank
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
This thread just leaves me flossing at the mouth!
8 posted on 03/18/2002 5:00:44 PM PST by Gabz
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To: Tickle Me Pank
Q: What do you call 36 teeth and 3,214 black holes?

A: The 1997 graduating class of the University of Arkansas.

9 posted on 03/18/2002 5:01:19 PM PST by strela
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To: 4TheFlag
Ping....here ya go 4. I knew there was something about you...hehehe.
10 posted on 03/18/2002 5:02:09 PM PST by WVNan
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
67 percent of the folks in South Dakota admit they've gone up to three days without brushing their teeth.

They must be so depressed to be stuck with Daschle that they ignore basic hygeine. No wonder Daschle is so uptight -- he must get lightheaded having to hold his breath when he makes public appearances, to avoid smelling the breath of his collective constituency.

11 posted on 03/18/2002 5:02:29 PM PST by TrappedInLiberalHell
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To: Tickle Me Pank
damn!, you beat me too it.
12 posted on 03/18/2002 5:03:36 PM PST by Husker24
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
They probably don't spit much either. I guess that is the reason why they keep Daschle around. They just can't seem to get him out of their mouths.
13 posted on 03/18/2002 5:04:19 PM PST by Parmy
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I've got a few others, just waiting for the right kind of thread to come along...
14 posted on 03/18/2002 5:04:40 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
You know, this poll could actually be interpreted as an honesty poll. Maybe the most honest people are in south dakota, utah, and oklahoma.
15 posted on 03/18/2002 5:06:54 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: TrappedInLiberalHell
Incidentally, I found this web site dedicated to defeating Daschle in the next election: Dumpdaschle.org

Don't know if it's been posted before, but it looks like a cool site. (I found it when I was verifying that Daschle is indeed from South Dakota and not North Dakota -- I actually forgot!)

16 posted on 03/18/2002 5:08:50 PM PST by TrappedInLiberalHell
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
This is the fault of the GOP because they don't support a National Dental Plan. First the homeless, then the jobless and now the toothless. I also think if there was more illegal aliens in South Dakota then they would be elgible for more welfare assisitance in such areas as dental.
17 posted on 03/18/2002 5:10:43 PM PST by Psycho_Runner
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection;Dark Wing
You don't want to know what the Disney Corporation had to do to get the staff of the Disneyland in France to bathe and change their underwear daily.

"To the barricades, citizens! The Revolution is in danger!"

18 posted on 03/18/2002 5:11:37 PM PST by Thud
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Yuck! I wouldn't touch her with a 10 foot toothbrush.

I brush once a day, although both my mom and dental hygenist wish I did it twice daily.

19 posted on 03/18/2002 5:12:54 PM PST by Mark Turbo
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I can just see next year's South Dakota lisence plates:
South Dakota
HYGN 87904 Q
The Green Teeth State

20 posted on 03/18/2002 5:24:33 PM PST by ThinkLikeWaterAndReeds
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