Artificial intelligence in the bathroom

That was quick off the mark Thea

I'd like to know what mine's thinking of though. Is it composing metaphysical poetry about the view from the bathroom window? Or is it plotting revolution with the toothpaste and the dental floss? I want to be sure of what I'm dealing with when I pick that razor up in the morning.

It's plotting how to get more of your money to its masters...

But who are it's masters?

ps has that wittle wabbit showed up yet?

I'll have to check back later. The TV actually has something worth watching in 5 mins, movie double bill - Mystic River followed by Fahreheit 451. Nothin for months on end and now, 4 1/2 hrs of quality viewing.

have not seen Mystic River...

Mystic River is good, but a bit disturbing. It's one that stays with you for awhile after you've seen it, or at least it did for me.

Just testing if we can reply to old discussions.

We can

hi thea I want to know when can we reply to new ones.

Hi hatley I've pm's you.

Dawn -

You must watch Mystic River, Clint's directing was good, but the movie's dominated by the performances of Penn and Robbins who was outstanding. As Holly says, disturbing, especially at the end. Dark but tragically beautiful.

I went to add it to my NetFlix queue and found it already there, but I've moved it up!

what is a netflix queue?

I rent movies from NetFlix. I go online, select movies, order them in my queue, and when I return the latest one, they send me the next one.

Very funny IQ comment! lol And I'd like to know which parts of you want to be 20 again, and which parts don't? Sacrilege coming from a native of LA--they may not allow you back to the land of youth worship!!

Want to know what I wash with? Tresemme' hair conditioner--because it's cheap! I don't use soap, but skin, hair, toenails and fingernails are all made of the same stuff--therefore, the products can be interchangeable.

I scrub my head with the conditioner and leave it on until I'm ready to get out of the shower. Then I wash the rest of me with it, as it's gentler than soap and leaves my skin conditioned just like my hair. It's also easier to shave with, as it unintelligently makes the razor glide better and doesn't dry out my skin. Then I just do a final rinse--and that's it. I"m clean, soft and smell good--what more could I want?:-)

Fascinating, I might have to try that!

The body wants to be 20, but the brain wants to retain everything that's happened since then. Then again, who needs all the unwanted attention?

Eh, give it a try--I bet it would work with any conditioner really.

As or the rest of your comment--that is the human dilemma isn't it? You know that phrase, if I knew then what I know now--(and still have the young body too)--I'd have the world by the tail, or something along those lines.

We weren't meant to live like Benjamin Button.:-)

there's some awful pun there using 'tail' but I'm going to let somebody else have it...

lmao--want to run a bet on who bites first?

Nope I will just wait and see...

Was that from just one tub Dawn, or was it a long term investment?

I never buy any of these things, I use cheap shower gel for everything, no shampoos, no conditioners, only shower gel and it works fine; after all it's basically liquid soap. If I want a facial scrub then I throw a bit of sand in it, because that's all they do. I don't think I'd want to be 20 again and if I did then I don't think soap's going to get me there.

Just a note, EoE, sugar or salt works just as well as sand, although salt will be a bit more drying.

I like to use natural stuff as much as possible, no additives and preservatives that way. Lemon or cucumber juice for a skin toner (can also be used for a hair rinse, as well as beer) Whipped egg whites for a facial mask. Oatmeal and water can also make a good skin scrub too. Plain old glycerin is a good skin conditioner, or almond oil. The cosmetic companies will never make a profit on me, but the grocery stores might!:-

hahaha not telling

My hair is spoiled and wont be nice to me without conditioner (oh wait I HAVE hair) and I tend to use natural products more often than not. But not a lot of fancy different ones...

There was nothing intelligent about the design, it's shaving foam, nothing else. Unless you call the gift of being able to fool gullible idiots into parting with their hard earned cash, intelligence. If so then we really are heading for extinction as a species.

You nailed the intelligent spin trap there Holly. I don't think most people see the irony though.

There are intelligent flush toilets out there with all kinds of gadgets built in from heated seats to programmed 'cyclone flush cycles' - yes I googled 'intelligent flush toilet', couldn't resist.

I'd still want to hold the razor, I'm not keen on sharp edged things being near me which have a mind of their own. If you want 'dumbing down' products then go ask your last president, I think he's got the market cornered on those.

I'm not saying they are plotting, but why are there tiny pieces of burnt toilet paper on the floor in the morning?

Never been interested in anything GWB had to sayand I'm certainly not going to use any products he might endorse! lol

As for the burnt toilet paper on the floor--I think I'd look more closely--I think it's burnt paper money instead.:-)

I did look closely, but I don't know any currencies with sketches of Che Guevara on them.

Oh, but his image is on toilet paper?! LOL Why Che Guevara?--I know there has to be a reason you chose him. You have something against the leader of unionized migrant workers? Is it because I mentioned that I use groceries for my beauty products? (oo)
It reminds me of a time when I was at the airport and was looking through the shops, killing time and there was a whole roll of toilet paper with Saddam Hussein's face on it, over and over. Somehow I managed to resist.:-D

I said it was a sketch

Yep, I got it later (much later!) lol All those entities in the bathroom have formed a revolution and are sketching images of their hero--Che Guevara, who has been quoted as saying something about the revolution of the toilets, or something to that effect. Don't know the exact quote, but very clever of you just the same.:-)

Here little girl, I'll hold your hand. (evil grin)

No thanks...I'll go outside, take my chances with the critters!

They don't have personal care products out there!

Pssst, psssst, EofE....is it safe to come back in yet? I think Dawn's been invaded by the intelligent SOAP people...that's why she is called D-A-W-N! She wanted to go with me to pee!and I think she was going to let them take over my mind too! We have to do something to get our friend BACK! She's been B R A I N W A S H E D!You find a way to distract her...and I'll rummage around for her bathroom key. We HAVE TO GET RID OF THOSE INTELLIGENT PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS! And get her dirty mind back!
Do you think she heard me?

OMG, Debi!! Hilarious--I laughed thru this whole thing! LOL

I was down in Los Angeles driving my relatives nuts. Is my mind back to normal? what is normal? who am I? And where is the originator of this discussion during all this silliness?

My question to you is....DID YOU TAKE A SHOWER WHILE VISITING YOUR RELATIVES? AND DID THEY HAVE INTELLIGENT SOAP WHERE YOU WERE. Until I get a satisfactory answer, I will assume you are still 'one of them'


Holly....has she 'offered' to help YOU pee? Be careful....look deep into her eyes. Is it Dawn or D A W N?

Hey, it was just a day trip. No shower. Just some not too smart soap to wash my hand. but Holly had better watch out! Now that Aunt Terri is moving back to New York DAWN might pay a visit!

Well, if you washed your hands with unintelligent soap ok. But I'll still wonder until you actually take a shower with the unintelligent stuff!

Sorry, if I scared you peeless, Deb! LOL

As for D A W N--if you look below, she is offering to come after me, on the pretense of visiting an aunt! She doesn't say what she's going to do if she gets here. Part of me would be thrilled to have her here, and part of me is a bit nervous!

However--to be INTELLIGENT about it--as soon as I see her, I'm immediately going to throw a bucket of cold water on her!! That's the only sure way to get rid of D A W N's cleaning bubbles you know. Then after she gets dried off and warmed back up with a spot of Earl Grey--she should be back to being just good old DAWN again, I hope! (nibbling on fingernails, nervously)

Yes, Yes..I have it on good advice that COLDER the better! he he he! She said she'd washed her hands at Auntie's house..with dumb soap....get the rest of her good and wet and she should be ok! You are so smart...but can you RUN fast? Hope so.

ps...I'd hit Auntie with the cold water too...just to be safe!

Yikes if anybody is going to be throwing water over me in upstate NY, guess I had better not show up there in January!!!

We have your best interests at heart dear Dawn.

Ok....maybe it's not so nice to turn you into a popsicle. So will you willingly submit to a good hot shower....we'll take your word for it...without intelligent personal care products involved? Afterall, you'd be helping Auntie too!

hot showers are always good!!!

I can sleep now, knowing you will be safe. Remember, no smart soaps or lotions, ok?

Beware, be very aware. Just look at what that smart-alecky mouthwash did to Dawn.

Oh--like Dawn's really going to come out here in January!! She thinks it's cold when the weather falls below 90F! No danger of her turning into a popsicle--she might actually enjoy the cold water when she does get here--she doesn't know what the humidity is like here in the summer! (evil little laugh)hee hee hee

What did it do to me?

and I do NOT think it's cold when it falls under 90, just under 65, so there!!!

Hmm, maybe we should throw cold mouthwash on her instead?! Oy, can you imagine how "mouthy" she'd be then? Here little Dawnie--come closer, little girl (said in sickeningly sweet voice)

um ok but only if I can have a brownie...

Sure, Cutie--have a sickeningly sweet brownie--in fact have two! xo

Hey wait a minute....JUST what is in those brownies you keep passing out?

Hopefully, whatever it is...it is ORGANIC!

I think soap's smart enough already. All it has to do is remove dirt, which it does quite well by being lipophilic. It doesn't have to operate a particle accelerator so why does it need spin trap molecules?

Yep, just like everything else, 1% product capability, 99% marketing babble to justify high profits.

And no, they don't always do what it says on the packet. A recent test of anti-wrinkle products proved that none of them worked for more than about an hour or so before the wrinkles returned; one of them even added an extra wrinkle!

If people actually read the labels on personal care products and then checked out the chemicals for themselves they'd be horrified. As most of these are lipophilic, which means that they attach themselves to fatty tissues in the body, they build up over time, without, in most cases, ever being metabolised - just like almost all pesticides do. Scary huh? And all for profit at the expense of people's health. Isn't unregulated capitalism fantastic?

I think the Intelligent adjective refers to the products they are not talking about. Like saying it's stupid to use anything else

A very good way of looking at it, but the people who buy these things can't see that.

Antioxidants have their place in certain metabolic processes, but I want to clean myself with soap not eat it.

Did you know some lotions have UREA in them? eeeewwww! Apparently, it softens the skin by disolving the top layer of dead skins cells so you can rub them off and get to the soft layer underneath. BTW....all soap is made from lye for that reason. Lye with buffering agents added.

Don't worry about the lye Hatley. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) AKA lye AKA caustic soda is just a powerful base used in the saponification of fats and oils which is how they make all soaps. There will invariably be some trace of NaOH left over from the initial reaction but it will be meausured in ppm (parts per million). If NaOH is not used as the base then it will almost certainly be KOH (potassium hydroxide) which is used instead, but is not as powerful a base as NaOH.

I think they're aware of my suspicions about them now so I've arranged for the neighbours across the street to set up an infra-red CCTV camera pointed at my bathroom window. I believe they think i'm nuts, but they're not the ones who have to pick up the razor in the morning. Can't be too careful I think.

A CCTV camera pointed at your bathroom, ay? Wonder how much I'd have to pay the neighbors to put that on Youtube!?:-)

You're too late Holly, Spielberg's already snapped up the rights for the first movie and one sequel

Drat! Foiled again! And so, what do you suppose the first movie will be called? The Intelligent Spin Trap, I suppose? A film about Intelligent, chemically enhanced substances such as shaving foam, hand lotions and body washes, transforming themselves into Intelligent monsters, ready to take over the subterranean bathroom world. And the name of the sequel? Maybe E.T.--Extra Toiletstrials?

So...a movie of your bathroom activities will be an action/thriller? Cool, let me know when it comes out..computer generated characters, I hope?