Thursday, December 11, 2008

Toothpaste tubes

First, let me set the record straight in the fact that not every post will be about Carnies or their evilness.



So...



Take a gander at this picture and tell me what you see:




Looks like an empty or nearly empty toothpaste tube doesn't it? Well it is not. Due to some fantastic trickery with quantum mechanics and the space/time continuum, toothpaste makers have figured out how to fit half of the advertised toothpaste volume in that last little cone area. You think you are done, but oh no, it can be used for hundreds more toothbrushings. OK, that's exaggerating a fair bit, but still, my family can go on for a long time once we reached the end. I remember buying new tubes because we were at the "end" of the tube and wondering just how much was left. Then one day I and my family made a pact to push it till we couldn't get anymore out of it. That went on for almost 2 weeks, and we were all blown away that it lasted that long. It's nuts! Makes you wonder though, how many dead bodies could fit in there. (I apologize for the Seinfeld reference).

I wonder how hard it would be to refill an empty toothpaste tube with something else? Like frosting or something else about the same consistency of toothpaste. That would make for a great gag. You'd have to set it up with someone who didn't know you TOO well. Start up a conversation about weird eating habits like the people that like to eat chalk. Then casually mention sheepishly (a little bit of acting will go a long way here) how you have this thing for toothpaste. How you love the taste of it, it's just so amazing. It's better than the time you did smack. Then vigorously pull out your toothpaste tube full of frosting and just empty while you moan like your in an Herbal Essences commercial. Sigh really contendly when you are done. Make sure you leave a little "residue" around your mouth too. Remember, image is important. Oh yeah, I am definitely doing this one. Well, in a couple of weeks anyway judging by the room left in my tube of toothpaste.

You know, I say I am going to do that one, but I don't know if I could pull it off with a straight face EVER.

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