Tired of bed bugs? I know I am. (No sign of them last night, but there was also scant sign of shuteye.) So let's have some fun instead of bugs -- we'll call it a USO stop for Operation Apartment Storm.
Presenting ... New York Mysteries Solved!
Our first mystery is "threading." What is it? Why are there always men wearing sandwich boards on 23rd Street advertising it? Why have I never heard of this before?
The answer from hairfacts.com (yes, there are enough facts on hair to launch a website):
Threading is a way to remove unwanted hair. The threader holds one end of a cotton thread in his or her teeth and the other in the left hand. The middle is looped through the index and middle fingers of the right hand. The practitioner then uses the loop to trap a series of unwanted hairs and pull them from the skin.
This is allegedly less painful than plucking. And here I was expecting something involving braids. The reason I never heard of threading before is that it is apparently hard to find qualified threaders outside of large cities and Indian and Muslim communities. So if you want your eyebrows done, come to New York!
Our second mystery is why are there two past due dates on my milk carton?
The answer is red tape, my friends. But this time, the government really is trying to protect me.
According to the New York Times, New York City has its own dating rules and milk can only be legally sold for only 96 hours after pasteurization. So why can you poor schleps drink old milk? Elsewhere in the world the processor determines the past due dates, which can range from eight to 12 days. Suckers. Tee hee.
But I jest. You have nothing to worry about. The fine City of New York is being cautious with its precious workforce, since temperatures can vary so much for cartons of milk in the city (from the trucks to the stores, to the shelves, to your apartment). And nobody likes chunky milk. Nobody, no how.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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