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<<bottle labels>>
It may be they often don't want you to read the ingredients, or to throw you off if you do; but
all the rest of that hoo haa they print, they print 'cause people read it; ergo
you are so not alone, you ought to feel crowded.
This is Binky, wishing you a pleasant from the rings of Saturn, signing off.
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so does this mean i'm not the only one in the world with a habit of reading the labels on my shampoo bottles as i wait the requisite 60 seconds for my conditioner to take effect?? do any of you go so far as to say the words in your head, quickly, to see if you can make it all the way down the list without stumbling?
No, no. The proper way to read a shampoo bottle is to see if each letter of the alphabet appears at least once. I thought everybody knew that  .
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guilty too-- One of my favorite memories of my son, was one sunday morning he was about 8 maybe 10 months old. and he had been fed, burped and changed-- and now i was trying to read a bit of the sunday times but he kept fussing.
In fun, his father handed Benjamin a section of the Times-- sports or classified, (junk sections in our house) and Benjamin pullled it up infront of him shook and wrinkled it, held it up for a while, shook and wrinkled it, and held it up again-- every 5 minutes or so! it kept him entertained for about a half hour! he was not an early reader-- but he learned early in his life that sunday morning entertainment included newspapers!
the best books are the ones that so take me in-- i forget where i am-- I remember reading a The Borne Identity (is that a Sydney Sheldon book?) and was so taken in by it.. that i was reading, and had to stop to pick up Benjamin from something--it was too late for him to walk home.. and as i walked out the back door, the light popped and went out, and i had to walk to the car in the dark, and i had a stray thought-- everyone who knew as much about the Borne identity had been killed..... And then i stopped and realize-- its just a book!
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The Borne Identity (is that a Sydney Sheldon book?)
Robert Ludlum, I think, Helen.
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Seeing 3 "enthusiasts" in a row on this thread, I was curious as to how long it takes to get there (since I am still a VERY LONG way off  ). After checking profiles for register date and number of posts, the award for Most Prolific Poster belongs to Inselpeter, hands down. Sparteye and Bridget96 both averaged a bit over 4 posts a day, while IP has more than 18! Onward to early Pooh-Bah-hood, David.
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<<4:18>> If ya'll are lucky, I'll get some work at work or find a trust fund and get back to better things (than work).  and 
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No, no. The proper way to read a shampoo bottle is to see if each letter of the alphabet appears at least once. I thought everybody knew that
Ah that's what I've been doing wrong. I try and match the words in the instructions on the shampoo in different languages. What is the Finnish or Chinese for rinse, for example?
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I find myself reading labels on bottles
Many years ago on BBC they had a parody of Charles De Gaulle giving one of his ponderous speeches, which started (how do any of us remember these things 30 years on??):
"Cette sauce c'est une melange des epices particuliares" (or close) which was instantly recognisable to 70% (IMIU) of the UK population as the French writing on the paper round the neck of HP sauce bottles.
You are not alone. Rod
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