If you knocked your toothbrush into the toilet?

brick · #1 10-18-2005, 07:41 PM

Would you throw it away right then?

Or wash in some way or another?
What would you consider a sufficient cleaning?

PoBoy321 · #2 10-18-2005, 07:43 PM

It depends. How readily available is a new toothbrush and how desperately do you need to brush your teeth?

brick · #3 10-18-2005, 07:45 PM

you don't have another toothbrush.
and you're leaving for work.

PoBoy321 · #4 10-18-2005, 07:46 PM

Was there anything in the toilet besides water? I might either just use mouhwash or bring toothpaste with me, pick up a new one on my way to work and brush when i got there.

Luzion · #5 10-18-2005, 07:46 PM

If I was using a regular toothbrush, I probably would throw it away. I use a Sonicare nowadays, so if I dropped the toothbrush attachment in the toilet, I wouldnt know what to do. Those brush heads are like $7-$10 to replace. Probably would convince myself to clean it really well.

brick · #6 10-18-2005, 07:49 PM

The toilet only had water in it "at the time" [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

send_the_msg · #7 10-18-2005, 07:49 PM

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Would you throw it away right then?

Or wash in some way or another?
What would you consider a sufficient cleaning?

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chuck it. why make yourself think about such things?

Blarg · #8 10-18-2005, 07:53 PM

You can get toothbrushes for a buck each. I'd pay that much not to put toilet in my mouth.

By the way, e. coli germs are deadly, and they live in your intestines, and come out in your poop. Just because you've flushed doesn't mean you've gotten rid of the germs, and some of those germs are literally deadly.

Also, have you ever tried to disinfect your toothbrush? I do it once in a while. I soak it in rubbing alcohol. It takes a surprising amount of rinsing and time to get the alcohol completely gone. And that's alcohol, now, which evaporates very quickly. If the alcohol lingers even though it evaporates and can pour off, what do you think the toilet germs do?

send_the_msg · #9 10-18-2005, 07:57 PM

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You can get toothbrushes for a buck each. I'd pay that much not to put toilet in my mouth.

By the way, e. coli germs are deadly, and they live in your intestines, and come out in your poop. Just because you've flushed doesn't mean you've gotten rid of the germs, and some of those germs are literally deadly.

Also, have you ever tried to disinfect your toothbrush? I do it once in a while. I soak it in rubbing alcohol. It takes a surprising amount of rinsing and time to get the alcohol completely gone. And that's alcohol, now, which evaporates very quickly. If the alcohol lingers even though it evaporates and can pour off, what do you think the toilet germs do?

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i'm now afraid of my toilet, just great

Hamish McBagpipe · #10 10-18-2005, 08:02 PM

I have about 4 extra toothbrushes. I use cheap ones and chuck em after every tube. But I'm not as fastidious as when this happened in that Seinfeld episode, The Pothole.

You must have seen this one from Snopes...

"A couple from Des Moines were vacationing in Jamaica. One day, upon returning the rented condo they had been staying at, they found that they had been robbed. The thieves had made off with most of their possessions, but the couple were pleased to discover that their camera was still there. When they got home a few days later, and developed the roll of film still in the camera, there were pictures of two Black strangers in the condo in Jamaica, each with a toothbrush up their bums. The couple was horrified when they realized those were their toothbrushes."

I'd probably buy a new one after that.