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Here is a brief excerpt of an email I sent my friend last night at 11pm. [Warning: I was very tired and cranky and irritated at the time]
"Toothbrush...UGH"
It took me 30 minutes to change the toothbrush head on my electric toothbrush. I'm tired. It's 10:55pm and I have been working on this for 25 minutes.
I tried to twist it off until my arthritic hands were sore and red and smelled faintly of mint. I then tried to google 'how to remove a toothbrush head from an electric toothbrush' on my phone (because I didn't want to warm up my computer as it takes 5 minutes to get through all the programs that HP has generously loaded my computer with) and while trying to search it, typing with my arthritic hands, I ran out of battery. Not wanting to go to bed without brushing my teeth, I turned the computer on (waited the 5 minutes to load everything, including the HP Advisor, to which I say... "I don't want your advice.") and continued with my google search on "how to change the brushhead on my toothbrush." After a number of false leads (to which I say...."HOW CAN WE HAVE FALSE LEAD ON A SUBJECT SO SIMPLE AS 'CHANGING A TOOTHBRUSH HEAD'"), I finally found the manual online. For your reference, under the section "how to change your brush-head," there is a drawing of my toothbrush with the brushhead, floating above the electric toothbrush, as if to imply it simple SLIDES off the electric toothbrush....
Hardly, she says drily.
[VERY] LONG story short-- I took a pair of pliers and basically cracked the replaceable head and removed it from my toothbrush.
It is now 11:30pm and I am 30 minutes late to bed and have sore joints in my hands and am cranky.
It is now 11:30pm and I am 30 minutes late to bed and have sore joints in my hands and am cranky.
I hate my toothbrush.
GOOD NIGHT!
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And yes, dear Readers... this is the kind of email I send my friends, usually filled with typos and punctuation errors because my (typing) accuracy drastically declines as the number of hours I've been awake approaches 24.
For you, dear Readers, I have invoked Spell-Czech. :)
Poor dear, next time you're out, buy yourself an emergency toothbrush.
ReplyDeleteLove your card, can't get tired of sweet cows!
Such a cool stamp, no wonder you like using it! Poor you and I can totally sympathise with the sore hands....mine are getting worse all the time....grrrrr.
ReplyDeleteYou asked about Brodie's sore lip, he had a type of dermatitis that ulcerated really fast ....we think! Either that or it was a spider bite or something similar.
Isn't it great to have friends that put up with our rantings every now and then- even crazy ones sent at 11:00 at night? At least an email is better than a phone call :-).
ReplyDeleteI love your card and I love this image. Every time I see an "udder" balloon, I think of my daughter. She works in a dental office and makes dozens of laytex glove balloons for the kids that come in.
How are you Scrappy Doo? I hope you're feelin’ better. Anyway, I agree with Tammy! You should have an extra toothbrush with you for emergency purposes. And in case you don't know, electric toothbrush heads should last only for 3 months, same as normal toothbrushes. So the next time around, you won’t have a hard time changing the head of your electric toothbrush.
ReplyDelete@Theresa: It’s truly great to have those kinds of friends, Theresa! @Scrappy Doo: Hey Scrappy Doo! What I like most about electric toothbrushes is the feeling that I just came from a cleaning appointment with my dentist. It’s because the movement of the bristles that provides a deep cleaning that a typical toothbrush cannot provide. Did you notice that?
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