I occasionally find myself stopping in the middle of doing an ordinary thing and just having to think about it. Not the, how to, but the why, often catches my attention. I know that we do many things the way we learned to do them, the way we seen them done...they become habits that we seldom examine. Seldom, that is, until that one moment when what I am doing catches my attention.
This morning I stopped as I was preparing to brush my teeth. What caught my attention, was the application of toothpaste to toothbrush.
More precisely, the bristles of my toothbrush as they brushed along the edge of the tube.
My toothbrush has been in my mouth...obviously. Now, I don't share my toothpaste...I have my own bathroom, but I would say that is probably not the case in most homes.
I know a few people that wouldn't dare eat or drink after another person. I wonder if they share toothpaste?
Is there a better way to do this? How do you get that neat little flourish of toothpaste on the brush without physical contact between the two? Did I miss something in my upbringing? Am I missing a special toothpaste utensil? Have I just not mastered the use of gravity on a viscous product?
It wouldn't surprise me.
Maybe, at a later date, we'll discuss soap.
3 comments:
Funny how many things we don't really think about, and I will not be able to be present for the soap discussion, you've grossed me out enough. Thanks.
Saunya
Peter and I share toothpaste but we also swap spit, so if our bristles both hit the edge of the tube, im not concerned, as i prob already have any other ailments he's got by now.
Some of us potentially share space with people we'd really rather not think about where their mouths have been. =P
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