How do you prepare your toothbrush?

[Drunken Irishman]

I run the brush under water first and then put the toothpaste on it.

But I hear some people put the toothpaste on first and then wet the brush.

Weirdos.

What do you do?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Water first - to rinse it - then toothpaste then another splash of water

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Wow, you swing both ways.

I generally rinse it and it's good enough to go without having to run it under the water again.

[HopeHoops]

3. Just drench it in brandy.

Makes a good mouthwash too - you can swallow the brandy!

[unpossibles]

6. I like your moxie, kid! nt

[Mutley]

4. Both

I get the toothbrush wet. Then I put toothpaste on it. Then I get the toothpaste wet.

[Soylent Brice]

8. i'm not alone!!

[Pool Hall Ace]

5. I put the toothpaste on first, then brush. Then rinse the brush.

And then I swish and rinse my mouth out.

My husband always thought that last bit was odd. When he's done brushing, he doesn't rinse. But who wants to take on the world with grit in their mouth?

[surrealAmerican]

9. I thought everybody rinsed after.

For one thing toothpaste tastes bad. For another, fluoride is bad for you if ingested in quantity.

[Pool Hall Ace]

20. I thought so too! Unfortunately, my husband is a very heavy drinker

(which is the main reason that we are now separated), so he probably doesn't care how bad it is to ingest fluoride. :(

[Soylent Brice]

7. call me weird, but i do both.

i wet the brush, then paste, then wet it once more. :shrug:

does that make me weird?

[Bunny]

10. About 20 years ago, my dentist told me that I was brushing too hard,

said it was eroding my gums. He said if I kept it up, I would lose my teeth. So I haven't brushed them since, and I'd say it's worked out well.

[Bucky]

14. Did he have a side business as a denture manufacturer?

Anyway, you don't need your gums--as long as you can superglue your teeth to your jaws. But teeth, sheesh, those are damn important.

[av8rdave]

11. I try to let it down easy

Soft language, soft lighting, just the facts.

[lillypaddle]

12. I prepare my toothbrush

by explaining that I wasn't always this fat.

[Bucky]

13. You put water on toothpaste before lathering, just as you do with any other soap

Or, I should say, I do that. Seems logical.

[pitohui]

15. prepare it? i just jab it in my mouth and go, if it wants to be romanced it got the wrong girl

i mean WTF?

hey, um, toothbrush, you know i've always liked you a lot and had a lot of respect for you so...um...can we maybe do some oral? i promise i don't have any disgusting diseases...

sorry, if my toothbrush needs to be "prepared" it's too fucking sensitive for this chica

[applegrove]

16. I now how my first standing bottle of toothpast. No more annoying

tubes to squeeze from the bottom. I really like it and always think what took them so long to come up with that. The tooth paste is a little more liquid than the stuff that comes in the tubes so you don't put water on it after you put it on your brush.

[bigwillq]

17. Toothpaste, water (nt)

[BarenakedLady]

18. What is this "toothbrush" of which you speak?

:shrug:

[Robb]

19. Drench it in beaten eggs, then dredge it through flour, salt and pepper.

Keeps it golden-brown when I drop it in the fry daddy.

[Drunken Irishman]

21. Thank you all for ruining my SERIOUS thread with your lame jokes.

:cry:

:P