In Reply to: First Timers and "risk management" posted by BJC on Friday, 7. January 2005 at 11:25 Bali Time:
Well the last time I was there I was in Bali I had to do the exactly same thing.
But instead of doing a THA, I went the western mining (WMC) maxim of
"Take Time, Take Charge"
There was one particular morning where me an kev had run out of bottled water including the overpriced stuff out of the minifridge and seeing as we were hungover there was no way we were going to venture from the safety of out hotel room cave (yes it has the ambience of a cave, absolutely peaceful) to try to get a bottle a bottle of aqua from the poolbar from the ratbag barstaff(yep we trained them well), we were left with only 3 choices for brushing our teeth.
Tap water, no way was I going to try that as I was already to scared to fart and I wasnt going to aggravate that condition by introducing tapwater to the situation.
Jack Daniels, as much as I like my Jacks there was no way in the world anything even resembling alcohol was going to pass my lips at that time of day, or my state of mind for that matter. Besides why ruin the beautiful taste of Jacks with toothpaste!!
So the last resort was the bottle of coke we had.
All I can say is dont use toothpaste when brushing your teeth with coke! Why??
Have you ever opened a shaken up can of soft drink and then put your mouth over it to try to stop it from spilling.
Well my cheeks started swelling up like a helium filled balloon and the airpressure inside my mouth was just like that of an aircompressor, Immense.
Of course following Boyles law of physics, the pressure followed the path of least resistance, which was of course my lips, the pressure relief valve.
So there I am , hangover force 10 is raging thru my few remaining braincells, and I"m standing in front of the mirror looking at my self in horror as all this foaming dark cloud of coke is running down past my lips and spreading it's way all over my chin, doing the best imitation of a Ned Kelly beard I have ever worn and then dripping into the basin. This was the worst case of black rabies (foaming at the mouth) anybody ever seen.
The plus side?? (is there one?)
The carbonic acid in the coke (co2 dissolved in water)left my teeth feeling the cleanest they have ever been. Shiny and smooth without the slightest hint of furry feeling anywhere. And no , I didnt look like I had been eating a kilo of licorice either, the black tooth smile
the end result of this Take Time , Take Charge excercise was the realization that you are better off using gin than wasting a perfectly good mouthful of Jack Daniels.
Cheers PD
ps the whitewater rafting is some of the most fun you can have with your clothes on!!!!!!