I’m back from my blogging break!
I don’t know if you call this blogging withdrawal symptoms, but I started to have all these pains in my body after I stopped blogging. My thumb even got so painful that I can’t press the space bar any more.
Worse of all, I started to have these scary thoughts coming into my head. I have listed two of them. I hope these don’t scare you. Warning: don’t read if you’re a germophobe (afraid of germs).
1) The toothbrush cleans our teeth, but who cleans the toothbrush?
I discovered that the unprotected toothbrush sitting on the counter above my sink could be picking up all sorts of airborne bacteria and germs, including those water droplets sprayed in the air when we flush the toilet.
My Oral B toothbrush that costs almost ten ringgit does a great job cleaning my teeth, but what keeps the toothbrush clean?
This is really scary for me because I have always assumed that something that cleans would be automatically clean. You know what I mean? It’s like you assume that a bank would always be rich.
Yucks.
2) The police watches us, but who watches the police?
Extrapolating from the last thought got me thinking of the different things that need watching. I ended up remembering that no one is actually watching our country’s police force. They don’t seem to be accountable to anyone.
A police officer recently fired up to four live rounds from his gun in to a crowd gathered for a political rally.
This is really scary because I feel helpless to do anything if I ever became a target.
So ladies and gentlemen, the next time you use your toothbrush, remember Adino Chang and think to yourself… what’s cleaning my toothbrush?
Ewww…
Toothbrush photo: Christine Weber
Doggy photo: Daniel Jaeger Vendruscolo
Technorati Tags: Toothbrush, police, scary, thoughts
September 17, 2007 at 14:18
That’s why, it is recommended that we change our toothbrush frequently
Adino: Ya lor… recommended to change every three months but I never took it seriously. Now I will
September 17, 2007 at 15:35
The water keep the toothbrush clean? u wash it everytime u wanna brush ur teeth?
Adino: I feel like microwaving the toothbrush or something, but I read somewhere that this doesn’t help and it damages the toothbrush.
September 18, 2007 at 09:34
You can’t microwave it, right? The plastic won’t last
Adino: Yeah, it’s not safe to microwave it.
September 18, 2007 at 11:09
i had a friend who used his toothbrush until the bristles were worn right down to the base!
Adino: Yucks!
September 18, 2007 at 13:30
Hey, welcome back =)
Actually we have to change the toothbrush 3 months once.
Adino: Yup, supposed to change three months once but I used to change mine every six months or so. I’m quite stingy like that.
September 18, 2007 at 16:22
What about soap? It cleans us, but is it self-cleansing?
You’ve made me look at brushing teeth in a whole new light
Adino: Gasp! I didn’t think about that!
September 19, 2007 at 13:42
I clean mine in the washing machine hohohoho…
Adino: Does that really work!?
September 20, 2007 at 16:33
Welcome back! I change once the colour changes, good invention
Adino: Last time I thought must wait until all the colour fades. Now I know that we should change once it’s half faded
September 21, 2007 at 11:26
oh no..u put new neurosis on my mind…fear of toothbrushes n soap ..nothing is clean…imagine the dish washer solid type…wat keeps it clean? we use it every day to wash dishes
..the tissue paper after toilet iiks..it is clean omg..there’s no ending..wat abt the tooth paste..how clean is it?
Adino: OMG! I forgot about the toothpaste! But I guess not so bad if we keep it covered hehe…
September 21, 2007 at 23:05
The poor toothbrush has to depart when the time comes..
Adino: I totally agree, now that I’m thinking about germs