http://sodahead.com/blogs/feeds/all/atom/ http://sodahead.com/images/SodaheadBlacklogo_small.gif <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/9/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/9/profiles_avatarsBlackWhiteSodaHeadPicxlarge.jpeg_4545_772870_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Adi"/> <small>Adi</small></a> </div> <b>Is there a proper way to use toothpaste tubes?</b><br/><br/> <div><b>+10 raves</b></div> I am a firm believer in respecting thy toothpaste tube. In fact, if there were a religious cult that were to abide by the strictest of toothpaste usage rules, I would most likely be its god and my wife would most likely represent its anti-Christ. So, you ask...what is proper toothpaste usage? Allow me to capitulate: The wrong way, the wife's way The wife squeezes it from any which way she pleases, top, middle, bottom with complete disregard to the non-uniformity it is causing in the tube. She irrationally believes it doesn't matter where she applies pressure, so long as the toothpaste exits that notoriously small round top and lands on her toothbrush. This small accomplishment, regardless of its long-term impacts, provides her with a satisfactory end result. And far worse than the irresponsible squeezing, is the total disregard for the cap...as though its purpose presupposes her own and is not worthy of its function in life, namely to re-cover the toothpaste tube and prevent bizarre toothpaste crusties and hardening. This, THIS...she always manages to forget, ALWAYS! This seemingly small and inconsequential act of not replacing the cap, in my opinion is the greatest act of toothpaste blasphemy one can incur. Allow me to explain. The negligence of cap resumption results in the crusty-hardening of her toothpaste changing its intended genetic make-up of a quasi-liquid into a rock-hard solid. Then, when she returns to brush her teeth at a later time and attempts to use her toothpaste, she has to squeeze the ever loving sh!t out of it just to create enough momentum so that the quasi-liquid toothpaste can break through past the crusty-rock-hard toothpaste. This has the potential for two catastrophic results: Catastrophic Result One (1) The pressure from her squeeze is so great that the small rock-hard toothpaste, which has now essentially replaced the cap's function of covering the toothpaste, flies forward at speeds so unsafe that small children should not be near. This crusty-rock-hard piece of paste is then jettisoned towards the mirror while the quasi-liquid toothpaste follows closing behind it, shooting out at all over the counter leaving a major mess and wasting perfectly good toothpaste. Catastrophic Result Two (2) She manages to apply minimal pressure allowing the crusty-rock-hard toothpaste to move up and over just enough to allow the quasi-liquid toothpaste to get through. However, when these two non-amicable forces meet a bizarre toothpaste bubbling ensues, which when left uncleaned (which is always the case) results in only a stronger more fierce crusty-rock-hard toothpaste cap thereby increasing the likelihood of Catastrophic Result One (1) taking place. Now, is it just me, or does anyone else see the counterproductive nature of such actions? The right way, the Adi way =) I, on the other hand, squeeze from the bottom of the tube, so as to ensure that I utilize every every last bit. As the toothpaste tube flattens on the bottom end, I proceed to fold it, thereby increasing toothpaste productivity by orders of magnitude. And I, of course, screw the top back on my toothpaste tube to avoid the horrific crusty-rock-hardening that my wife seems to look forward to so much. You see, I respect the toothpaste and think of it as my super hero sidekick in cavity, gingivitis, and plaque fighting. For that matter, I treat my electric toothbrush with the same level of respect (I won't even go into how sorry I feel for my wife's toothbrush..the poor fella never had a chance; we nicknamed it buckwheat, if you can imagine such frayed edges). Conclusion There was only one logical solution to these distasteful actions....purchase separate toothpaste tubes. While I recognize that its not a cost-efficient strategy, it offers a multitude of benefits, least of which is me keeping my sanity! A Request to My Fellow SodaHeads This blog is a fun-spirited rant on the funny little things in life that you notice. Share your toothpaste stories with me. Tell me, am I mad or am I sane? Are there others out there with spouses that indulge in bizarre bathroom behavior? Copyright © 2007 SodaHead.com All Rights Reserved 2007-09-25T00:29:27Z http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/9/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/9/profiles_avatarsBlackWhiteSodaHeadPicxlarge.jpeg_4545_772870_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Adi"/> <small>Adi</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> BLASPHEME! =) 2008-05-29T18:30:02Z Adi http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/296784/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/2/9/6/7/8/4/profiles_n3311696390390541354_5742_109876_media_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Chris [Ninja]™"/> <small>Chris [Ninja]™</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> I just don&#39;t care that much about toothpaste... Sorry Adi... I empathize with your distress but I just can&#39;t relate ;-) My wife and I are exactly the same with the paste. We squeeze from any part and always put the cap on. A good compromise in between your two extremes, I suppose. In the end, I know it&#39;s not the most efficient and we probably waste a little bit of paste in the process, but seriously, it&#39;s just toothpaste. I buy like a whole box of tubes at Costo and it&#39;s pretty cheap! Good luck Adi ;-) 2008-05-29T18:25:03Z Chris [Ninja]™ http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/9/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/9/profiles_avatarsBlackWhiteSodaHeadPicxlarge.jpeg_4545_772870_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Adi"/> <small>Adi</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+1 raves</b> </div> I think the government should make it a top priority! 2008-05-23T20:22:03Z Adi http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/266739/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/avatars/0/0/0/2/6/6/7/3/9/avatars_Culpeperflag_small.gif" align="middle" border="0" alt="Paladin"/> <small>Paladin</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> You could always lobby you elected representative.......I&#39;m sure that congress would be more than happy to write legislation on toothpaste tube abuse . LOL. 2008-05-23T20:03:30Z Paladin http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/53776/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/5/3/7/7/6/profiles_lafea776fbeff9d11d47a8603d92b47e8.jpeg_3459_241838_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="alw_ays"/> <small>alw_ays</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> This will come in handy one very-disgusting-bathroom day. :) 2008-05-23T19:49:34Z alw_ays http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/41399/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/4/1/3/9/9/profiles_Newpicsformatt027_1628_671676_media_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="candass"/> <small>candass</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> thank you thank you! 2008-05-23T19:03:44Z candass http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/9/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/9/profiles_avatarsBlackWhiteSodaHeadPicxlarge.jpeg_4545_772870_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Adi"/> <small>Adi</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> Your excuse is worthy. I hereby provide you with a &quot;Get-Out-of-Toothspaste-Jail-... Card. Use it wisely, this asset does not come by cheaply! <A href="http://www.ogh.org/services/boybrushing.jpg" target="_blank"><IMG orig_size="200x226" width="200" height="226" SRC="http://www.ogh.org/services/boybrushing.jpg"/></A> 2008-05-23T18:41:24Z Adi http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/53776/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/5/3/7/7/6/profiles_lafea776fbeff9d11d47a8603d92b47e8.jpeg_3459_241838_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="alw_ays"/> <small>alw_ays</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> We have up to four tubes of toothpaste at any given time: children&#39;s toothpaste with less fluoride, mint toothpaste without fluoride, cinnamon toothpaste without fluoride, and mint toothpaste with fluoride. At any given time, one will have been dropped behind the toilet, one will be in the sink, one will be covered in dried toothpasty goo, and one will be mysteriously missing. When you go to brush your teeth, you should fetch whichever feels best to you on that day, rinse it thoroughly, reconfigure the squeezing patterns, and apply to the brush. Even on days when all up-to-four make it back in the basket when the room is cleaned, by the next morning you will have to hunt for one again. Why have I subjected myself to such horrible toothpaste tube treatment? Well, both my children each brush their own teeth every day and do an excellent job of it. It is a small price to pay to avoid shoving a brush around their gagging tongues myself or paying for cavity-fills in baby teeth (you know, the kind that are going to fall out anyway). Proper toothpaste tube etiquette can come later. 2008-05-23T18:14:29Z alw_ays http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/9/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/9/profiles_avatarsBlackWhiteSodaHeadPicxlarge.jpeg_4545_772870_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Adi"/> <small>Adi</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> BRAVO!!!! <A href="http://www.efdlrs.com/~sunrise/parentsreading1/media/clapping.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><IMG orig_size="124x120" width="124" height="120" SRC="http://www.efdlrs.com/~sunrise/parentsreading1/media/clapping.jpg"/></A> 2008-05-23T17:45:52Z Adi http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/41399/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/4/1/3/9/9/profiles_Newpicsformatt027_1628_671676_media_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="candass"/> <small>candass</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+3 raves</b> </div> that is the exact way everyone should utilize their toothpaste. i feel sorry for those tubes of toothpaste that are mistreated in such manner. and all the paste that is wasted. there are poor people all over the world that wish they had the luxury of such paste and some horrible person goes and wastes it. im discusted!!!!!!!!!!! 2008-05-23T17:22:39Z candass http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/262259/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/2/6/2/2/5/9/profiles_largecock_5047_120352_media_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="scrshaw"/> <small>scrshaw</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> We got one as a wedding present! At first I thought WTF? But it really made life more livable. I highly recommend it! 2008-05-23T16:24:55Z scrshaw http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/9/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/9/profiles_avatarsBlackWhiteSodaHeadPicxlarge.jpeg_4545_772870_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Adi"/> <small>Adi</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+3 raves</b> </div> The most brilliant invention of all time! Thanks! 2008-05-23T16:01:35Z Adi http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/262259/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/2/6/2/2/5/9/profiles_largecock_5047_120352_media_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="scrshaw"/> <small>scrshaw</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+3 raves</b> </div> I can&#39;t help you with the total and blatant disregard of the cap, but this should virtually illuminate the random squeezing issue! <A href="http://www.abledata.com/product_images/images/00A0710.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><IMG orig_size="435x293" width="250" height="168" SRC="http://www.abledata.com/product_images/images/00A0710.jpg"/></A> 2008-05-23T13:05:01Z scrshaw http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/4968/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/4/9/6/8/profiles_amylee_5641_198533_media_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Summer... aka nina ;-) *MFBA*"/> <small>Summer... aka nina ;-) *MFBA*</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+3 raves</b> </div> none of the above! thats what i do, always squeeze from the bottom of tube. i would have thought you were perfect if that was ur only issue... =D mine was... <A href="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Launfal_Buran/bathroom1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><IMG orig_size="360x480" width="250" height="333" SRC="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/Launfal_Buran/bathroom1.jpg"/></A> my man is now almost perfect!! ;-) 2008-03-15T00:40:27Z Summer... aka nina ;-) *MFBA* http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/198688/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/avatars/0/0/0/1/9/8/6/8/8/avatars_RopinRest_small.png" align="middle" border="0" alt="Nanart"/> <small>Nanart</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+3 raves</b> </div> I so agree with you Adi. It is just logical to properly use the tube from the bottom to the top. And the cap ON! I know this may seem very minor to some but if you have to live with it....boy can it get to be annoying. 2008-02-15T20:17:23Z Nanart http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/2732/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/2/7/3/2/profiles_pirate51_5617_244067_media_small.gif" align="middle" border="0" alt="roger"/> <small>roger</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>0 raves</b> </div> no one is perfect...so everyone here is a loser eh jack...well count your self in too jack james 2008-02-15T14:01:51Z roger http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/311915/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/avatars/avatar22_small.png" align="middle" border="0" alt="jack james"/> <small>jack james</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>0 raves</b> </div> you guys are sad get a life loosers 2008-02-15T12:54:16Z jack james http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/6976/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/avatars//avatar14_small.png" align="middle" border="0" alt="Sally"/> <small>Sally</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+3 raves</b> </div> Adi, I&#39;m behind you on this. Especially on some toothpaste that has patterns on them, if you don&#39;t squeeze from the bottom, it will totally mess it up! :-) 2008-01-11T23:10:44Z Sally http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/3097/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/3/0/9/7/profiles_Pic064.jpeg_media_image_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Sandy"/> <small>Sandy</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> You gave me a good laugh reading this blog, thank you! The toothbrush nicknamed buckwheat is absolutely priceless! 2007-10-05T19:50:14Z Sandy http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/14/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/avatars/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/1/4/avatars_Dana_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Danale"/> <small>Danale</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> This is just the beginning of a wonderful marriage... compromise is best. The 2 toothpaste tube household is a great start... 2007-09-25T18:09:44Z Danale http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/2793/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/avatars//avatar34_small.png" align="middle" border="0" alt="SMH"/> <small>SMH</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> I am so very very happy to see this post. I am not able to express my disdain for a messed up toothpaste tube, but boy do I hate it. I buy different kinds of, some new age stuff sometime, anything without the flouride and the laureyl stuff whatever it is, the last one I bought was By Toms of Maine, then I read the label and they have put back in the Laureyl mess. I found out Colgate bought the company. So they had to go and mess it up, so what I will do when My son messes up the tube like your wife and I can't push from the bottom anymore, and then if he doesn't cooperate with the twisting from the bottom I will pull out my tooth soap again, he doesn't like that then he can go buy is whatever he will buy, if his money is funny and if Kroger makes a toothpaste he would buy that. When I saw your post I thought oh my I am not nuts afterall because you really have some attitude about it. I guess my checking the tube all the time looking at it real close to see if I see a dent in the tube where he tried mashing it on the top too close to the front of the tube but not too hard because he knows I will flip out, but so far so good after reading your comments, means I am not so bad afterall, so now we just have to know we're not the only two, but I haven't been in anyone's house in the last 4 years that doesn' mess up the toothpaste tube. My daughter in CA uses health food store brands too, so hers was okay because her Toms of Maine wasn't in a tube, but her boyfriend uses colgate, crest all that stuff as those tubes look like someone mashed twisted all around in a 360 turn 3 or 4 different times. I can't believe this but I am glad this post was here, funny, but now I feel sane.....SMH 2007-09-25T16:07:46Z SMH http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/11846/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/1/1/8/4/6/profiles_Picture0049_5305_694213_media_small.jpeg" align="middle" border="0" alt="Zero"/> <small>Zero</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+2 raves</b> </div> ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...i think your wife is awesome and so are you...i am cracking up about the hardened part..and spewing...everywhere..oh....whne you put it THAT way..it makes me want to adjust my toothpaste action...you did make me smile..thank you! 2007-09-25T12:13:14Z Zero http://sodahead.com/blog/628/ <div align="left"><a href="http://sodahead.com/user/profile/2732/"> <img src="http://images.sodahead.com/images/profiles/0/0/0/0/0/2/7/3/2/profiles_pirate51_5617_244067_media_small.gif" align="middle" border="0" alt="roger"/> <small>roger</small></a> </div> <div><a href="http://sodahead.com/blog/628/"></a> <b>+1 raves</b> </div> Adi; why would you worry yourself over how to use toothpaste tube? Squeeze what you need and rinse it off. I don't think you need to fret yourself over a tube of toothpaste, eh! 2007-09-25T01:10:25Z roger