Sarro

"Cal que faci alguna cosa: treure'm el sarro, per exemple. Treure's aquesta brutor de les dents costa, però al final recompensa, si es fa amb un bon dentifrici. Vol dir això que tot costa, però que si hom insisteix, acaba donant algun resultat. És clar que fregar-se massa cansa. I després ve l'amargor de la derrota. Tot per no resistir deu minuts, encara que, de fet, amb tres n'hi ha prou, si hom es frega amb energia. I cada cop, menys de sarro. A mesura que cau, augmenta l'esperança de tenir les dents més i més blanques. Tant, que enamorin les perfumistes. Perfumistes a les quals sé positivament que obriré la boca. Quines dents més netes, pensaran elles, quin xicot més ideal."

Miquel Bauçà, fragment de Carrer Marsala

translation from catalan above, all credit and thanks to Joan from Sabadell, I only changed a few words, if you englishmen and englishwomen can help getting it better, just tell:

I must do something: remove my teeth tartar, for example. Getting rid of this dirt is hard, but in the end it is rewarding, if you do it with a good toothpaste. This means that nothing is exempt from effort, but if you insist, it will end up giving a result. But of course rubbing your teeth too much is tiring. And afteward comes the sourness of failure. And all for not having been able to last ten minutes, even thoguh, in fact, there's enough with three, if you rub energetically. And tartar is gradually removed. As it falls, the hope for having whiter teeth increases. So white that the girls selling toiletries will fall in love with them. Girls to whom I know for sure I'll open my mouth. What a clean teeth, they'll think, what a nice young man.

Miquel Bauçà, from the book Carrer Marsala