# My toothbrush just fell in the toilet. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198 "2009-01-27T07:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/1 "2009-01-27T07:08:15Z")
Yes, in the toilet. I was not amused. I can’t fall asleep without brushing my teeth, and there it is, sitting in the toilet. I don’t even want to reach in and grab it. I’m just going to leave it there until the morning. Luckily, I have an entire package of toothbrushes in my medicine cabinet. Which I don’t have any medicine in. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/2 "2009-01-27T07:31:56Z")
That seems wise. I’m sure it will be _much_ easier to deal with in the cold gray light of dawn. Just be sure to fish it out before you pee on it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/3 "2009-01-27T07:46:22Z")
Hmmm…could be a whole new wrinkle to having a shit eating grin… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/4 "2009-01-27T08:17:25Z")
And why were you brushing your teeth over the toilet, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![sugar\_and\_spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sugar\_and\_spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugar_and_spice)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/5 "2009-01-27T08:25:52Z")
I dropped my purse in the toilet a few months ago. And it was a public restroom. I was leaving the stall and the strap broke at just the right moment and :: plop :: in it went. I snatched it out double quick but the outside still got all wet. And I was on my way to a talk that I could not miss. So what could I do? I got some towels and went on my way. Lucky for me I had already flushed. . ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/6 "2009-01-27T08:44:18Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And why were you brushing your teeth over the toilet, anyway? I wasn’t, I went to grab it out of the medicine cabinet (which is odd, because I don’t keep the toothpaste there… only toothbrush, Q-tips and deoderant…), and it went flying out of my hand. And for some reason, I’ve decided I still shouldn’t be asleep, but that’s a MPSIMS for another time. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/7 "2009-01-27T09:10:04Z")
Once I dropped a whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/8 "2009-01-27T09:17:34Z")
Our bloody cat knocked four rolls into the bowl at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/9 "2009-01-27T09:41:27Z")
I can’t even blame a cat…it just fell out of my hand while I was putting it on the spool. Now…there was the time I filled a toilet with shaving cream. That was fun. It doesn’t really flush down that well, it just kind of stays on the surface of the water. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/10 "2009-01-27T10:16:34Z")
You’ll want to watch [this video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTEGOxnq8M) ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/11 "2009-01-27T10:53:17Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > Luckily, I have an entire package of toothbrushes in my medicine cabinet. A wise strategy. As you’ve discovered, you never know when your toothbrush will unexpectedly get yucky, be it due to a toilet or [slime mold](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/yardschmutz02.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/12 "2009-01-27T11:05:53Z")
I once dropped my electric razor in the toilet. While it was on. It kept right on going, its hum slightly muffled, little bubbles emanating from the shaving head. Me being almost totally useless in the morning, I blanked right out, staring at the now humming and bubbling toilet in defeatist disbelief, in search of some better plan for a few seconds, till I finally resigned myself to just grabbing it out. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/13 "2009-01-27T12:44:10Z")
Once I dropped my cell phone in to a urinal. Got it out just in time though, no damage, that phone seems to be indestructible. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/14 "2009-01-27T12:56:22Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > I wasn’t, I went to grab it out of the medicine cabinet (which is odd, because I don’t keep the toothpaste there… only toothbrush, Q-tips and deoderant…), and it went flying out of my hand. > > . Kramer’s voice One in a million shot doc, one in a million. Be careful around pasta todder! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/15 "2009-01-27T13:14:47Z")
People, people, people: Unless you are using it, _keep your toilet lid down_. Not the seat, the lid. When things fall in the toilet, many people try to flush them away. You would not believe the things our plumber has had to snake out of tenants’ toilets. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/16 "2009-01-27T13:45:13Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > My toothbrush just fell in the toilet. Obviously it wants to address your biggest cavity. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/17 "2009-01-27T13:45:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > When things fall in the toilet, many people try to flush them away. That was me with my toothbrush. I was so angry I just hit the lever without thinking. Needless to say, I then learned how to remove and reinstall a toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/18 "2009-01-27T14:32:23Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > That was me with my toothbrush. I was so angry I just hit the lever without thinking. Needless to say, I then learned how to remove and reinstall a toilet. Me too. Only I dropped the toothbrush while the flush was already in progress. You’d think there’d be some way to break the toothbrush once it was securely lodged, but no. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/19 "2009-01-27T14:45:40Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Me too. Only I dropped the toothbrush while the flush was already in progress. You’d think there’d be some way to break the toothbrush once it was securely lodged, but no. Put the lid down before flushing to avoid this. Even Unca Cecil recommends [this](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1317/does-flushing-the-toilet-cause-dirty-water-to-be-spewed-around-the-bathroom), but for different reasons. Got that? Raise lid only when actually using the toilet. Otherwise, lid down. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198/20 "2009-01-27T14:46:54Z")
I was wearing one of those long sweaters with the sweater-belt at work a few weeks ago, and I went to the bathroom and somehow stupidly dropped the end of the belt into the toilet. A public library public toilet. At least I knew it was my pee. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toothbrush-just-fell-in-the-toilet/483198.md?page=2)