several dental hygienists have advised me to keep the dental floss next to the television. of course, you want to make sure your hands are clean, and you don't want to go flanging food bits across the room. but they say they do it, and frankly I never floss in the bathroom anymore, now THAT seems gross to me, considering what else you do in there I like to serve a bit of cinnamon or mint floss just before coffee... kidding! I'm kidding! kind of...