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By: Cleotis
Date: 1/25/98 9:42:22 PM
# Replies: 53
But, I know you'll want to know the outcome...
I just bought a box of those "Biore'" thingies. You know, the little duct-tape-like strips that attach to your nose, and when you pull it off, it's supposed to take your blackheads with it?
I've been curious about these babies since seeing their commercial on TV ("Ooh, it looks like a little FOREST!").
Some of these black dogs have been between my eyes and mouth since middle-school. It's going to take a serious exorcism to evict them from their home. No ordinary squeezing will move these little mothers. These are industrial strength, and they're teeny tiny.
If this works, the world is going to be a better place. If not, I just kissed 6 bucks goodbye.
I'm opening the box now. I'll keep you posted.
Response #1
By: Roxanne
Date: 1/26/98 8:13:31 PM
I beat you to it, my dermatalogical friend! I have been using those Biore thingies for a few months now...
They do work pretty well. You just have to be careful not to leave them on *too* long or else you will rip your whole nose off!
Response #2
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/26/98 9:43:02 PM
Roxanne is right. I believe I have a new hobby.
My first experience with Biore was Sunday night (a mere 24 hours ago). Today, all day, I found myself looking forward to my next Biore' rendezvous.
They say that you can only use them once every three days, so I'll start in moderation - for now. But, knowing my addictive personality, I may be up to twice, perhaps even three times a day within just a few weeks.
Is there someone here who would like to become my Biore accountability partner? These things are wonderful, and my nose has never felt so... so... virginal!
Response #3
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 1/27/98 2:10:18 PM
aLL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT bIORE
Response #4
By: Roxanne
Date: 1/27/98 3:40:27 PM
I have a question. I watched the Superbowl Sunday. Why did all those players have Biore strips on their noses during the game?
Response #5
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/27/98 5:14:11 PM
I went to the Biore FAQ page, but had to manually submit my question:
"Do you make Biore Perfect Pore strips the size of a human ass-cheek?"
The nose is just the beginning, I tell ya!
Response #6
By: rorschach
Date: 1/28/98 9:54:51 AM
but cleo! can you imagine how much that would hurt pulling off?
Response #7
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/28/98 10:54:08 AM
Roxanne: There are different types of nasal strips for different purposes. There are the aforementioned Biore(tm) beauty strips for cleaning pores, there are the Breathe-Right(tm) strips designed to lift, support, and widen the nasal passages, and there are the Butterfly Bandages(tm) designed to hold a previously detached nose to the face.
In the NFL you're likely to see all three.
Response #8
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/28/98 2:05:20 PM
Biore Butt-Perfect Strips...what a wonderful time we live in.
Response #9
By: Roxanne
Date: 1/29/98 4:09:57 PM
Wouldn't it be nice if God could make a huge Biore strip, cover the world with it and pull out all of the "blemishes"???
Response #10
By: rorschach
Date: 1/29/98 4:32:01 PM
there wouldn't be anything left.....
Response #11
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/30/98 5:21:20 AM
Hmmm, the thought of hanging head-first from a giant adhesive strip frightens me....well, let's *hope* it's head-first.
Response #12
By: Ralf
Date: 1/30/98 7:08:35 AM
Do they make one for lawncare? One massive "Weed-B-Gone" strip?
Response #13
By: rorschach
Date: 1/30/98 8:27:35 AM
hell, i'd settle for an organic matter strip... i'm seriously considering just paving my yard over with concrete and painting it green.....
Response #14
By: sooz
Date: 1/30/98 11:13:48 PM
"Xeroscape" is Latin for "won't grow".
Response #15
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 1/31/98 3:56:22 PM
Michael Jackson should be the spokesperson for Biore.
Response #16
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/31/98 10:17:21 PM
The Biore 'Tone-Perfect' glove, for the removal of that pesky, unwanted pigmentation.
Response #17
By: rorschach
Date: 2/2/98 8:09:46 AM
my problem is NOT that it won't grow... it won't STOP!
Response #18
By: Ralf
Date: 2/2/98 10:57:47 PM
Hmmm... Biore Ear Strips to remove unwanted ear hair.
Response #19
By: sooz
Date: 2/5/98 7:50:23 PM
I want a Biore strip that's color-sensitive and only removes grey hair.
If I were the sort to have grey hair, that is.
Response #20
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/7/98 7:25:20 PM
I want a biore strip that removes self-doubt.
NEW Psiore(tm)!
Response #21
By: jjhitt
Date: 2/8/98 1:15:44 AM
Why don't they just come up with a little robotic pimple squeezer? Make it the size of one of those nookiegitchies (or whatever they call those japanese virtual pets) and have it crawl around on your body like an oversized body louse. When it gets to a skin feature that it (in it's pinhead sized brain) thinks to be esthetically unappealing, it goes to work... squeezing first, and then going to work with tiny pnuematic tools if that fails...
I really gotta find my own way to cash in on other people's vanity.
It's the only way I can afford my own vanity.
<GRIN>
HEY! I grinned... I did, I did...
Response #22
By: Da Sissop
Date: 2/8/98 2:59:04 AM
How'd you do that?
The grinning, I mean.
Whoops, my Tamagotchi just woke up and wants me to feed it another pimple.
Response #23
By: sooz
Date: 2/8/98 12:35:54 PM
I've got a marketing idea that's gonna make me a gazillion dollars. I have no clue why it hasn't been done yet.
Jimmy had a party last night, and one of his friends got a little scratch on her arm and asked for a Band-Aid. When I put the thing on her, the sticky adhesive part was clear, but the gauze pad was light beige. This seemed weird, because the friend (Shay) is a deep Hershey's Dark Chocolate color. I said "Dang, Shay, why don't they make Bandaids to match black people? These look like white people." She just laughed like all girls her age do.
But when I come out with a new line of Band-Aids ("Adhesive Strips", pardon me) in 5 different skin tones, I'll give Shay a few grand for giving me the idea.
Response #24
By: rorschach
Date: 2/8/98 2:00:20 PM
or even better yet! a small LCD screen above the gauze and a small single pixel light sensor on the adhesive side! it'll match your skintone EXACTLY....course the battery pack weighs 1/2 pound and it costs 50 bucks per unit wholesale.....
Response #25
By: rorschach
Date: 2/8/98 8:05:11 PM
ya know JJ, the thought occured to me.. given the limited intelligence you could pack into the acne louse or whatever you wanna call it, what happen's if, say, a freckled readhead bought one, then stayed out in the sun? can you imagine the thing yanking chunks of epidermis all over the kid's body? OUCH! or for that matter, how exactly would you define "unattractive"? fat? ugly? can you imagine the thing trying to give you liposuction or facial reconstructive surgery because it decided you were too fat or homely to be seen with it?
Response #26
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 2/9/98 12:00:29 AM
Okay, so your almost teen son had women over at a party?
What the hell is going on?
Oh, and how'd she get that scratch? Hmm?
(You know I'm just jealous)
Response #27
By: sooz
Date: 2/9/98 5:54:34 PM
Shoot, Jimmy's been after girls for a while. Last year, his parties were all the rage. See, we just turn the studio into a pre-teen dance club, string up lights, turn on the strobe, Richie sets up a DJ booth and he's "D.J. Daddy-O", we get some of those nasty frozen pizzas and generic sodas, and they rock. It's three hours of limitless fun.
It beats the kids bein' on the street, and they have a great time. Jimmy even colors his hair for the occasions, usually... last time burgundy, this time blue.
Want an invitation to the next one? They could all learn to dance "The Paul".
Response #28
By: jjhitt
Date: 2/9/98 7:55:18 PM
Grining can be accomplished by using ampersand gee-tee for the greater than thingie (>) and ampersand L-tee for the less than thingie (<).
<ampersands rule>
Response #29
By: rorschach
Date: 2/10/98 7:58:56 AM
that would explain our current political situation.....
Response #30
By: Ralf
Date: 2/10/98 5:43:45 PM
BLAHAHAHA!
Of course, Congress is ruled by the Underscore party, and so NOTHING gets done...
Response #31
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 2/17/98 10:57:20 AM
Tamagochi skin care pets...I can see it now, a twisted version of Little Shop of Horrors when you finally do run out of pimples for it to feed on..
"FeeeeeD Me."
...hanging around the high school...being accused of every perversity, all because you don't want your new pet to go hungry...sad really.
Response #32
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 2/19/98 1:17:47 PM
Oh, guess what?
They now have Biore pads for the rest of your face.
Biore: Not Just for Your Nose Anymore.
Response #33
By: sooz
Date: 2/19/98 6:53:44 PM
Ok, since we're on a scientific topic (well, sort of):
I use paperclips in my business. Yeah, I know this is a small thing, but it's really making me wonder.
I keep them in a little plastic basket in my desk drawer. Sometimes, when I'm feeling crazy, I keep them in a painted clay thing Jimmy made in art class. Either way, the outcome is the same with every box of paperclips.
Some of them get rusty.
I'm not talkking about old clips, here. These are about a month old. The only solution I can come up with is to use the plastic-coated ones.
Please, you scientific sorts, reply with haste, lest I rust away.
Response #34
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/19/98 8:46:21 PM
you live in texas, where the humidity is 300%.
Response #35
By: Da Sissop
Date: 2/19/98 10:00:11 PM
I don't know much specifically about rust and its prevention, but I suppose I could ask you some generic tech support questions...
Are you only experiencing rust problems with your paperclips, or are other metal objects in your office similarly affected?
Have you tried placing any other metal objects (not paperclips) into the "painted clay thing?"
Is this rust problem a new phenomenon, or has it been happening all along? If you can judge approximately when the problem started, do you know if, perhaps, there was something else introduced into your work environment at about the same time, such as a humidifier, a really cold air conditioner, or a faulty sprinkler system?
Do you ever use the "painted clay thing" to hold coffee?
Response #36
By: sooz
Date: 2/19/98 11:10:37 PM
Only the paperclips. The staples are behaving nicely. The problem occurs not only in the suspected clay thingy, but also in the tacky plastic basket. I don't know if it used to happen, because I used to buy the plastic coated ones, but then I got cheap. The only new thing introduced into the environment is this bowl of oatmeal I'm eating. I did fire someone that worked for me, though. Perhaps the clips are rebelling in her honor.
You computer types are all very odd.
Response #37
By: Katt
Date: 2/19/98 11:36:30 PM
Hmm, I keep my metal paper clips in the box they came in, in the bottom of my filing cabinet, using one every year or so, and none of them have rust on them. . .
I am in Texas also. . . hmmm. . .
Maybe they are like floppy disks, collect enough of them, send them back, and the company will replace the defective one. . .
Response #38
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 2/20/98 7:13:43 AM
Or just keep them in Tupperware and make sure you burp it each time you use one. If you're set on using the metal kind, without plastic coating, get a can of rustolium...or Pam..
Response #39
By: Shadow Sprite
Date: 2/20/98 8:55:49 AM
Are you sure that the plastic-coated paper-clips aren't rusting inside the plastic? Ahh... paperclips... the niftiest invention after the catflap.
Crow T. Robot: Oh, so I could call box of paperclips "specially bent pieces of metal to secure pressed planes of woodpulp?"
Response #40
By: Cleotis
Date: 2/22/98 11:37:53 AM
It's probably all the humidity generated by those steamy medical documents that Sooz adds her personal touch to:
"The patient's laryngectomy was going as planned, until Doctor Fuzznutz noticed how wonderfully attractive the patient was..."
Response #41
By: sooz
Date: 2/22/98 4:24:02 PM
BAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, geez, it's tempting. I type for 4 plastic surgeons, and one of them is the Boobologist of Austin. You want 'em bigger, smaller, higher, lower, rounder, softer, he's your man.
"Breasts are symmetric in appearance. Nipple sensation is intact. This is evident because..." Nah. I couldn't.
Response #42
By: Ralf
Date: 2/22/98 5:37:39 PM
"Softer"? How do they make breasts "softer"? Velour?
Sooz, throw one o'them "DO NOT EAT" silica packets into your clay thing. You know, the kind you often find in shipping cartons.
Betcha your clips will rust no more.
Response #43
By: rorschach
Date: 2/23/98 8:22:13 AM
Excellent idea as well, at least for a while, you'll have to replace it periodically, say every 3 mo or so..... it is an aerogel and it absorbs massive quantities of water from the air, but at some point it will saturate. you can somewhat reform it by putting it in the oven on low heat (under 200 degrees) for an hour or two but you'll probably spend more money doing that then buying new paper clips to begin with....
Response #44
By: Cleotis
Date: 2/23/98 4:30:54 PM
Speaking of breasts, I gotta tell you about this.
I once promised myself that no matter how long I lived, and how sad my entertainment options became, I would never EVER watch any movie starring David Schwimmer. But, in a fit of boredom, I broke this promise and watched one of HBO's custom movies called "Breast Men".
And, odd as it sounds, I'm now a bit of a fan. Sick ain't it?
Really, the movie was about the first two plastic surgeons that invented breast augmentation surgery. Their rise to fame and richness, and their subsequent demise when the implants started rupturing. Then, their return to fortune when old clients came to them to have the silicones removed, and new saline bags put in.
It really was, even with Schwimmer, a great film. See it if you can. Plus, it took place in Houston in the 70's. A very hip vibe!
Response #45
By: sooz
Date: 2/23/98 4:37:55 PM
I'm going to do the "do not eat" packet idea, Ralf. I just found one of those yesterday in some clothing. What luck! (We over 30 measure our luck by packets found in new clothes.)
Response #46
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/23/98 6:14:02 PM
WARNING: Never Get Homer The Brave Involved In A Discussion Of Silicone Breast Implants Unless You Have Lots Of Time And Don't Mind Watching Someone Get Indignant.
Response #47
By: Da Sissop
Date: 2/23/98 8:00:37 PM
I think the whole problem with silicon implants could have been avoided if they had used pellets instead of gel.
Plus, then "beanie babies" would be a funny new euphemism.
Response #48
By: Ralf
Date: 2/24/98 5:28:13 PM
I can't wait until "silicon implants" refers to a direct neural linkup.
Response #49
By: rorschach
Date: 2/24/98 8:42:54 PM
but ralf, then BIG BROTHER Bill can even control your thoughts! isn't it bad enough he controls your computer, the internet, your bank account, your TV, your VCR, your kid's barney doll.....ad nauseum....
Response #50
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 2/24/98 10:33:55 PM
Yes, now we have silicone implant leakage causing all manner of physical ailments such as immune system disorders and so forth.
In the future, we will have silicon implants which... crash.
Response #51
By: Da Sissop
Date: 2/25/98 7:03:06 AM
"The module 'Lustful Thoughts' has generated a Fatal Exception. The system has become unstable. If problems persist, cease all thinking and and have a coworker deliver a swift reboot to the head."
Response #52
By: Ralf
Date: 2/25/98 6:39:10 PM
Come to think of it, I'm not sure I want the SPA rummaging around in my head looking for pirated warez.
Response #53
By: rorschach
Date: 2/26/98 11:13:31 AM
Really, you have to wonder if they count retelling a good joke from letterman as piracy!