# "I'm sorry, I can't sell you this toothbrush." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793 "2005-03-22T23:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/21 "2005-03-24T00:02:52Z")
I currently have two packages of two Crest Spin-Brush Pro Whitening heads in my linen closet. And I plan on using them. Well, except if the really crappy battery casement/on off switch on the damn thing causes me to give up on it. But even with the crappy switch, it’s the best cheap electric toothbrush out there. I tried a soncare once, and my mouth tickled way too much. I couldn’t bookend my slumber with a tickled mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/22 "2005-03-24T00:28:02Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > For the OP, \*Olestra \* anyone? Anyone? Bueller? No…that’s _penis ensues_ (checks to make sure no one else posted the joke already, then d&r) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/23 "2005-03-24T07:24:34Z")
> [@Darwin's Finch](#): > > I drank acid when I was young. That stuff’s pretty darn dangerous. I drank a strong molar concentration HCL in chem once… Though I neutralized it right before, so it didn’t count. Tasted salty. ok… molar is somewhat of a pu- _/me ducks from assorted toothbrushes being thrown at him_ ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/24 "2005-03-24T13:22:38Z")
> [@velveeta](#): > > My dad broke a tooth biting the head off a marshmallow Peep. Watch out for Peeps!! :eek: My mom did that just the other day with a regular marshmallow. It was stale, though. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/25 "2005-03-24T13:34:01Z")
Obviously we need warning labels on Peeps. - Consult dentist before consuming. - Exercise caution when biting off heads. - Discard after expiration date. (which is what, 5 years?) - Do not consume if product has hardened to brick-like consistency. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/26 "2005-03-24T17:23:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Mr Sakamoto** > Eep. Quite the brush with danger you’ve had there. > [@Hal Briston](#): > > \ > > Subscribe. Please. > > I’ll even make sure you get a fresh goat on initation day. Heck, if he joins, I’ll get him a particularly playful squid! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/27 "2005-03-24T17:52:20Z")
I put a mercury thermometer in my mouth, and it broke. I guess that’s dangerous, though I don’t remember thinking so at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/28 "2005-03-24T17:58:36Z")
I swallowed some ammonia window-cleaner once, as a little kid. Hilarity (complete with throwing up and crying) ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/29 "2005-03-24T18:48:07Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I swallowed some ammonia window-cleaner once, as a little kid. Hilarity (complete with throwing up and crying) ensued. Did it prevent you from streaking? Yes, I stole that from The Amazing Jonathan. So what. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/30 "2005-03-24T20:45:44Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > Anyone else put something really dangerous in their mouth? Only my boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793/31 "2005-03-24T21:08:29Z")
A friend of mine told me this story: She was eating dinner at a Mexican restaurants with some friends. The dish she ordered was served with a couple small brown peppers on the side. “Oh, be sure you don’t eat those,” one of her friends warned her. “They’re just garnish; they’re too hot to eat.” So of course she ate one. It was so hot that she got chemical burns on the inside of her mouth! She was in pain for days. But the worst part was later that night, when, without thinking about it, she “got intimate” with her boyfriend. :eek: He was in pain for days, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-cant-sell-you-this-toothbrush/295793.md?page=1)