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Thursday, June 4, 2009

"Dang. We've got some floss in the van, Angie."

Posted by on Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM

This just in from Hot Tipper JB:

Dear Last Days,

Holy crap. I can't believe I forgot to tell you about this until just now! I was at an M's game on Friday May 22 sitting in the Diamond club when I saw something that will haunt me forever.

The game was coming to an end when Angie Mentink from FSN strolled out of the Umpire's Tunnel and sat down right in front of me in the camera well waiting to do some interviews for the post game show. I think the game was going to extra innings because she ended up sitting there for quite awhile. She must have just eaten some popcorn or sunflower seeds or something because she immediately started jamming her fingers into her mouth trying to dislodge whatever it was that was bothering her. Which was gross, but nothing compared to what happened next. Fingers glistening with spit, she reached around to the back of her head, started searching around for something, plucked out a hair, wrapped it around her two index fingers, AND STARTED FLOSSING WITH IT! SHE WAS FLOSSING HER DIRTY TEETH WITH HER OWN EFFING HAIR!!! Her cameraman even said, "Dang. We've got some floss in the van, Angie." I was trying to get that vision out of my head when 5 minutes later I saw her feeling around the back of her head again so that she could repeat the performance. But this time the one hair wasn't cutting it so she pulled out like five, put them all together, and used their larger circumfrence to really make me want to puke.

I stand behind the actions of everyone involved. Angie Mentink has the right to floss her hair in public with whatever the hell she wants, and innocent bystanders have a right to be totally icked out.

 

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Super Jesse 1
This guy sees a despicable vomit inducing spectacle, I see a dedicated highly efficient professional who's ready to take care of business. Even it it grosses some people out.
Posted by Super Jesse on June 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Greg 2
That's TV, man. Much like sausage and legislation, you don't really want to see how it's made.
Posted by Greg on June 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Baconcat 3
Not gonna lie, here... I nearly vommed.
Posted by Baconcat on June 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
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resourceful
Posted by eden on June 4, 2009 at 5:00 PM
David Schmader 5
1 and 2: I agree with your summations.
Posted by David Schmader on June 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Skeptika 6
I agree it's gross - that's what I feel, instinctively, but can anyone tell me why? If the hair is clean, what's the harm? Objectively speaking.
Posted by Skeptika on June 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM
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I've done this before; I never would have thought to use my own hair as floss but it was a tip in some beauty magazine I read a long time ago. I've also pulled out a stray hair so another person could floss with it before. It's no big deal and totally eco-friendly. But I don't floss in front of other people - that's gross.
Posted by meesh on June 4, 2009 at 8:14 PM
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Trump! A creepy teenage boy sitting in front of me at Lollapalooza years ago did this. Except: he did not yank the hair from his head first, nor did he do it afterwards. G.r.o.s.s.
Posted by JenV on June 4, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Geni 9
I don't care if people do it, but I don't particularly want to see it. And she should have taken the guy up on it when he offered the floss from the van. I don't think of myself as particularly squeamish, but some acts of personal hygiene should be committed in private. I also wonder what she did with the plaque-covered hairs when she was done - throw them on the floor?
Posted by Geni on June 5, 2009 at 12:04 PM

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