They ain't the same.

I'm telling you, Listerine is better.

Especially as a chaser to a NyQuil shooter when you're out on a ship and you run out of booze.

Yeah, we figured that around 300 cases of beer (give or take), plus whatever bottles of hard liquor people brought in on their own in their seabags, was going to be enough for 27 or 28 (I forget exactly how many) participating crew members for three or so months.

It wasn't. Started having runs on the gold locker for NyQuil and Listerine around the 9 week mark. The old man was laughing his ass of at it too, since even though he didn't buy in, it wasn't too hard to figure out what happened.

you ever feel like you walked in like 15 minutes after the movie started and you missed some key points, that is how #6 reads.

True.

And, I was agreeing with you Kipp.

I was much younger then, still learning.

Turns out it was full of vodka. Was wondering why he'd keep water under his desk.

That got him a trip to the Captain's office and cost him a stripe.

(At least for a few more days.)

But...

I've been using some blue Scope mouthwash that we bought a year or so ago (Costco: the 15-gallon drum, I think). Tastes fine and gets the job done, but it ruins the taste of food, drink and cigars.

Anybody recommend a mouthwash that's effective, but doesn't smother my tastebuds like a clingy girlfriend?

(I hope I haven't been gargling with Windex...)

ScottHar

Try straight hydrogen peroxide.

That was the first and last time I ever brought people back change from a shipboard beer run. People chipped in and would say "X many cases of brand such-and-such" I actually thought that they really only wanted X many cases. Nobody told me that, if there was money left over, that you kept buying, and buying, and buying, down to the point where you were plopping change down for singles if you had to.

That learning experience cost me a few rounds of drinks when we finally got back to a port that wasn't dry.

It's hard to tell though; go put some in you mouth.

If it froths and foams, it's gay.

Might want to check out "Tom's of Maine" brand products.

Some time ago, I got tired of the saccharin and nutra-sweet laden toothpastes and how they would just kill my tastebuds, so I switched over to their products. Try the SLS-Free (ie: it's a non-foaming toothpaste) Fennel w/ fluoride and whitening. Sounds strange but does a fantastic job and doesn't f-up your taste buds. You'll get used to it within a few days to a week and once you do go about a month, then just for grins, try your old toothpaste once. You'll hate it because you've gotten so used to something without all the chemical **** in it.

Same thing with their mouthwashes.

(Fennel? Do they make a garlic-leek blend?!)

ScottHar

Trader Joe's carries some of their toothpaste and mouthwash products.