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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Magic Toothbrush

If you believe in the Tooth Fairy - and who doesn't - you'll have no difficulty in accepting the premise of a magical toothbrush, and you may be interested to learn that Nick has one.
It looks like an ordinary Oral-B Pulsar, a manual brush with a small battery that makes it vibrate. However, whereas most users report a battery life of about two months, Nick's has been going strong since well before Christmas! He uses it twice a day, everyday, but it just keeps going.
So what's the problem? Well, the thing is, the battery - a standard AAA - isn't designed to be changed, and surely, one day, it's going to buzz it's last. Now, some people do change the battery - you'll find 'how to' videos on YouTube, if you look - but it's not recommended and he doesn't want to take two brushes.
He's bought a replacement brush (from a different manufacturer that rhymes with 'soul mate') which is designed to have it's battery changed, but what if that offends the Tooth Fairy? She seems to be kindly enough to small children with endearing, gappy grins, but an adult who's rejected her special gift? The consequences of insulting magical beings is well documented in literature. Tinkerbell getting the Lost Boys to shoot arrows at Wendy; Hippogriffs: "Don't never insult one, 'cause it might be the last thing yeh do."; and of course, we all know what happened to Lycurgus.
So, what should Nick do? Continue to believe in fairies and magic, or trust to reason and rationality?
Faith Vs Logic: discuss.


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