# Toothbrush is the king of inventions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439 "2003-01-23T15:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/1 "2003-01-23T15:04:27Z")
According to a new American Survey, coming ahead the car, computer etc. You guys sure like your teeth. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/01/22/toothbrush.king/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/01/22/toothbrush.king/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sunglasses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunglasses)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/2 "2003-01-23T15:18:47Z")
Oh yeah! Looooove my Oral B rotating head toothbrush. I’ve got shiny, white teeth! (and I intend to keep every single one of them) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/3 "2003-01-23T15:32:09Z")
Sure, it’s a great tool for cleaning your teeth, but the versatility of the humble toothbrush isn’t fully appreciated until you get a new one. Your old toothbrush can then be used to clean dirt from all sorts of places where a scrub brush just wouldn’t fit. After it gets all greasy and filthy, you can put it in your toothbrush holder right before guests come over. That way, they can use your bathroom and say, “Ewww, what the hell do they eat around here?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/4 "2003-01-23T15:33:09Z")
While I’m a good boy and always brush my teeth I don’t enjoy it that much as over the last few years I started to gag when I’m brushing. I’ve tried different brushes/paste but no help. It’s actually got so bad that I gagged before I put the brush into my mouth a while ago ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/5 "2003-01-23T16:53:31Z")
When I first saw the thread title, I thought, **Toothbrush** …what a cool user name. I have wondered about those rotating dealies. Are they really all that? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/6 "2003-01-23T17:16:35Z")
Sonic is the way to go… I used normal, and electronic Oral B type. But the new sonic toothbrush kick’s ass. Gets rid of all stains and can dissable a Dalek at 20 paces. Cheers, Keithy ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/7 "2003-01-23T18:58:06Z")
Finest invention ever to come out of West Virginia. They know this because, had it been invented elsewhere, it’d be a teethbrush. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothbrush-is-the-king-of-inventions/150439/8 "2003-01-23T20:03:52Z")
\ I bet the earliest fly swatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to a handle. \