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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Toothbrush thoughts

I was sitting here in the sofa, wondering what I would do for my very first blogpost this year. Lots of people are writing about their New Year’s resolutions, I thought. Maybe I could do that? But then I’d have to come up with at least one New Year’s resolution and my brain is far too sluggish after three weeks of eating 24/7 to do that.

So I’m going to tell you about my new toothbrush.

It was a Christmas present. It came in a large box. Alright, it was a medium sized box. But it was nice and square. I like presents that are nice and square. They’re more interesting than the oddly shaped ones.

My toothbrush is a magical toothbrush.

Well…no, it’s not –really- magical, but it’s very fancy smancy. It has a control panel and a space ship. Okay, perhaps it’s not an actual spaceship, but the travel case that came with it looks slightly spaceship-ish.

Said control panel went up on the bathroom wall, where it carefully monitors my toothbrushing progress. If I do exactly as I’m told – brushing-wise – for two minutes, it will display a smiley face and all will be well with the world. The thing is, when I unwrapped it, the little face WINKED at me. It hasn’t winked since and I’m very curious as to what I have to do in order for it to do it again. I’ve done some experimenting, and I’ve arrived at the conclusion that I may have to get all dressed up, like I was when I opened the present.

Besides, it seems like an awful lot of work to get all dolled up before I brush my teeth at night in order to get a toothbrush to wink at me. I’m not that starved for attention, thank you very much. I mean, I haven’t quite given up on men yet and I haven’t even –considered- becoming a lesbian yet.

Or maybe it’s mad at me. The first night I had it, I ate cookies at night after I’d brushed my teeth. Maybe it knew. Maybe it looked inside my mouth the next morning and thought “This crumb wasn’t here last night!” Maybe I should be more careful, unless I want my head electrocuted.

I’m going to have to give this some more thought.

10 comments:

Adele said...

enjoy your new toys. :)

Maureen said...

Ahahaha! I think I would be freaked out by something winking at me and then placing it in my mouth.

But that's just me.

choochoo said...

Hagel - will do! It's research now, after all.

Maureen - there are movies based on that concept alone, you know. Or so I've been told.

Jazz said...

you have a smiley face on your toothbrush. How terribly bizarre you norwegians are.

Susan said...

I'm thinking it may actually be an alien...after all, it came in a spaceship.

Jocelyn said...

Maybe you need to lock it away in a dark place and make it get very lonely--as it had been when you opened it--before it'll flirt again.??

choochoo said...

Jazz - actually, I think it's german.

Susan - that is entirally possible.

Jocelyn - like the stockholm syndrome?

choochoo said...

Jazz - actually, I think it's german.

Susan - that is entirally possible.

Jocelyn - like the stockholm syndrome?

lime said...

oh honey, you have so much more to offer than that toothbrush gives you credit for, find one more appreciative of you.

Bradley Bedell said...

I want to have that kind of toothbrush too! =) I only have an ordinary toothbrush at home, and it's my favorite toothbrush! But I still want to have an electric toothbrush and see how it works!