Comments on: links for 2007-01-25 http://www.paulbeard.org/wordpress/2007/01/25/links-for-2007-01-25/ "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe."-- Gustave Flaubert Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: paul http://www.paulbeard.org/wordpress/2007/01/25/links-for-2007-01-25/comment-page-1/#comment-196402 paul Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:44:38 +0000 http://www.paulbeard.org/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/01/25/links-for-2007-01-25/#comment-196402 Um, no. Wintergreen is often used in chewing gums, LifeSavers, even Altoids. You're thinking of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth_subsalicylate" rel="nofollow">this</a>, perhaps? They <em>say</em> the original has a wintergreen flavor -- not that I have found it repellent , but then I like wintergreen: some say the mint flavor <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www99.epinions.com/content_133570268804" rel="nofollow">used wintergreen</a> for some reason: wintergreen ain't mint, but nor is it bismuth salicylicate. Um, no. Wintergreen is often used in chewing gums, LifeSavers, even Altoids.

You’re thinking of this, perhaps? They say the original has a wintergreen flavor — not that I have found it repellent , but then I like wintergreen: some say the mint flavor used wintergreen for some reason: wintergreen ain’t mint, but nor is it bismuth salicylicate.

]]> By: Mark Reed http://www.paulbeard.org/wordpress/2007/01/25/links-for-2007-01-25/comment-page-1/#comment-196391 Mark Reed Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:28:26 +0000 http://www.paulbeard.org/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/01/25/links-for-2007-01-25/#comment-196391 Wintergreen is not a nice smell. Wintergreen is the flavor of Pepto-Bismol. Yuck. :) Wintergreen is not a nice smell. Wintergreen is the flavor of Pepto-Bismol. Yuck.

:)

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