Thu 9 Aug 2007
Could some marketing genius please invent a toothbrush with a high-tech head but a low-tech, non-ergonomic, straight handle that would fit into one of those 1970’s toothbrush holder wall fixtures, as pictured above? I hate to see them leaning uncomfortably against the tile like a couple of sullen eighth-graders dreading third period. How nice it would be if they could just rest snugly in their holder. We folks who are (however unwillingly) living in the Me Decade will thank you, at least until we get around to renovating the bathroom. (And would you check out that wallpaper? A redo is badly needed.)
By the way, can you guess which toothbrush is mine and which is Husband’s? That’s right: mine is pink, and it’s not just because I’m such a girly girl. I discovered a long time ago that if I chose any other color for my toothbrush, he would forget which color was his and use mine by mistake. Pink evidently screams “lady” to him, though, and he therefore always concludes that his is the other one. I blame the patriarchy.
August 9th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I have the exact same issue with toothbrushes not fitting in the wall fixture.
(And your bathroom looks nicer than mine. Just sayin’.)
August 10th, 2007 at 5:25 am
I know it’s not ideal, but have you tried putting them in upside down?
August 10th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
I don’t know why I found the fact that your husband’s subconcious will register pink as NotMine so funny but I really did.
And with regard to the car buying from the previous post I thought that was a Minnesota thing. We were… incredulous at how hard it was to buy a car. Our current vehicle was a rather spontaneous purchase (our accountant suggested on December 28th that we buy something big before the end of the year, long story) and I remember standing there in the showroom saying “We don’t care! ANY of these will be fine! We just need to take it home by Thursday” and STILL we had to go to another dealership because the one we were in just didn’t think they could accomodate that.
Weird.