{"id":401,"date":"2008-09-21T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T20:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2020-11-06T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:57:19","slug":"23-tubes-1-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/21\/23-tubes-1-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Tubes 1 Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Over the years I’ve ended up with quite a few sample-size tubes of toothpaste. I dislike the strong, lingering flavors of most of these toothpastes, so I normally use Tom’s of Maine<\/a> (or Trader Joe’s<\/a> equivalent, but not Tom’s of Finland<\/a>) plain mint toothpaste. As a result, I had a bunch of old tubes which were past expiration and needing to be thrown out. 23 tubes (and four small sample packs), in fact.<\/p>\n

Before throwing them out I decided to squeeze them all into one bowl<\/a>. Next I stirred<\/a> it all together<\/a>, found that a spoon will almost stand up in it<\/a>, then put some on my toothbrush<\/a> and brushed my teeth with it.<\/p>\n

This multi-sample toothpaste concoction didn’t taste bad, but was overwhelmingly mint backed by a few other unidentifiable herbs. Even after rinsing my mouth a number of times the taste still lingers, but this matches my experience (and complaint) with all of the Colgate, Crest, etc toothpastes I’ve tried in the past.<\/p>\n

Now to figure out how to dispose of it. Maybe dumping it in the trash then attempting to wash the bowl…<\/p>\n

Here’s an index of the photos taken of the 23 Tubes 1 Bowl ‘experiment’:<\/p>\n

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\u00b7 23 small tubes and four sample packets of toothpaste from companies like Crest and Colgate.<\/a>
\u00b7 The 23 tubes of toothpaste and four sample packs squeezed into a bowl, surrounded by the remaining packaging.<\/a>
\u00b7 Labeled image of the bowl filled with toothpaste showing which is which.<\/a>
\u00b7 The previous image of the bowl filled with 23 tubes (and four sample packets) of toothpaste, without the labels.<\/a>
\u00b7 Closer view of the bowl containing 23 tubes (and four sample packets) of toothpaste.<\/a>
\u00b7 The bowl of toothpaste was rather difficult to stir and made an interesting swirled pattern before coming together.<\/a>
\u00b7 Mostly homogenized, it is almost possible to stand a spoon up in the bowl of toothpaste. It falls over after two or three seconds.<\/a>
\u00b7 Top down view of the nicely mixed bowl of toothpaste.<\/a>
\u00b7 Having mixed together all the toothpaste I decided to dip my toothbrush in and try brushing my teeth with it.<\/a>
\u00b7 The damage: empty toothpaste tubes, packets, boxes, and a bunch of caps.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For reference, the following brands \/ models of toothpaste were used:<\/p>\n

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\u00b7 Colgate Total Advanced Fresh Gel
\u00b7 Crest Cavity Protection Regular Paste
\u00b7 Crest Kids Cavity Protection Sparkle Fun Flavor
\u00b7 Crest Multicare Cool Mint
\u00b7 Crest Pro Health Clean Mint
\u00b7 Crest Pro Heath Clean Cinnamon
\u00b7 Crest Whitening Expressions Cinnamon Rush
\u00b7 Crest Whitening Expressessions Cinnamon Rush
\u00b7 Crest Whitening Expressessions Extreme Herbal Mint
\u00b7 Crest Whitening Expressessions Fresh Citrus Breeze
\u00b7 Crest Whitening Expressessions Refreshing Vanilla Mint<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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