when distraction and toothbrushing collide ….

….. you just might find, as you start choking and spitting, that you’ve just tried to brush your teeth with Icy Hot. You may understandably fuh-reak out that your teeth will now — based on the name of the product — freeze and burn and then melt away in a white river of enamel. But, thankfully, once you’ve regained calm, you will discover that you remain whole and fully toothed. Your breath will likely smell like IcyHot for the next decade or so, but, on the upside, I believe you can realistically expect to have nipped any toothache pain in the bud forever.

All in all, good news.

And, just a thought, maybe store the Icy Hot elsewhere in the future.

9 Replies to “when distraction and toothbrushing collide ….”

  1. My son, when he was a little over one, got into a bottle of Aspercreme. We had never had to call poison control for either of his older sisters, but within a year-and-a-half we had called them three times. I always feel like Protective Services is going to show up after making such a call … oh well, I guess.

    I hope you have some Tums on hand. Apparently ingesting small amounts isn’t all that hazardous but can give you some hellish indigestion.

  2. Ouch! And haha. That reminds me of the time Frank got ahold of my Tiger Balm, and when I joked that he shouldn’t put it in his eyes, he proceeded to put it on his lips, thinking it was like Carmex. It was awesome.

  3. If, and I’m not saying this ever happened, you accidentally moisturize your face with the K-Y, at least polluntants will slide off easily.

    Glad the tooth enamel is still intact.

  4. nf, it was such a great moment for me–we were driving from Amarillo to Ft. Worth so he could meet the fam, and I had to pull over and stop the car because I was laughing too hard. He put it on, I started guffawing, and then he just said, “Ow.” I LOST it.

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