Toothbrush Tale

I’ve spent the last two weeks visiting my parents. Not quite the visit we expected. Three days into the trip we were all sick with COVID. Girls got over it pretty well, but it lingered in the adults for a week or so.

However, that second day we ran into a little toothbrush incident.

Sam and I went to Target to get a few things we needed / forgot. We brought a reusable bag that we had used to pack clothes on the way there. So, we kneeled down looking at some clothes for Marceline, and when we picked the bag back up off the ground, we saw Marceline’s toothbrush on the ground.

We knew it was hers because Marceline’s toothbrush is a red toothbrush, that lights up, and has a 1-minute timer.

We picked it up from the ground, brought it home, rinsed it off under some hot hot water and blammo, Marceline was brushing her teeth that night.

Except, a day later we found a red toothbrush, that lights up, and has a 1-minute timer among our bags waiting to be unpacked.

Soooooo…. we just had our daughter brush her teeth with a random toothbrush.

But in our defense, what was the odds that the exact toothbrush that Marceline had would be on the floor of a Target, right where we had dropped our bag on the ground to do some shopping?

Anyways, we had her brush her teeth with a backup toothbrush we had brought for the rest of the trip.

Shower Thoughts

I took a shower today.

I know. Cheers all around. Don’t worry, I already gave myself credit for taking a shower, but while in there I had some of those deep shower thoughts. You know the rambling thoughts that only happen in nice silence and monotonous tasks where your mind can wander.

So this morning I thought about teeth brushing. I have pretty awful teeth. Or did. Haven’t had a cavity in a while or any major tooth surgery in a few years. In my early 30’s, I had a new dentist look at my teeth and actually say “whoa, you got a lot going on in there.” Anyways, cutting back on candy, all but eliminating soda, and better brushing habits have helped immensely. I also floss all the time and bought one of those fancy electric toothbrushes with the timer and expensive heads.

I was thinking today, with my wonderful daughter who can interrupt anything at any time, is it better to brush long and well in the morning or evening. Should I care more about one or the other? Does more plaque begin growing after a long period of non-eating, such as sleeping, or after a day of eating and drinking? I honestly don’t know the answer.

Over the years I’ve learned some stuff about how and when to brush. Like how you actually aren’t supposed to floss or rinse after brushing your teeth. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it. That clean feeling on your teeth from the toothpaste, its supposed to stay like that. The fluoride from the toothpaste that coats your teeth, yep, its not supposed to be rinsed away.

But then its like every Scope and Listerine commercial I have ever watched lied to me. And even the fancy Sonicare app that goes with my toothbrush, it asks if you used mouthwash after brushing. Lying through advertising and a brushing app, guess it makes sense to sell more mouthwash and brushing products though.

Anyways, it’s not the worst toothbrush related thing I’ve heard of. I once had a girlfriend who wiped her toothbrush dry with a towel after using it. And it was not like a special towel for her toothbrush – it was just her bath towel. Gross.

Like I said, Shower Thoughts.

Clue theme song and brushing my teeth

Sometimes after I’m done brushing my teeth, have rinsed off my toothbrush, and start tapping it in the side of the sink I tap out the theme song from the movie Clue.

If you’ve seen the movie you are probably hearing theme song right now in your head.

If you’re not hearing it maybe its time to watch the movie again. Because it’s amazing. For now though you can listen to the theme sound here.