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I went to get what has become my usual choice for Tom’s of Maine toothpaste last night. I’ve been using Wintermint gel for the last three tubes. But the grocery store didn’t have it. All they had was Wintermint paste. But they did have Spearmint gel. What has made the Wintermint gel so good is the addition of sugar alcohol, which makes the flavor really pop. Would paste be as good?

I looked at the ingredients for both flavors. The Wintermint had xylitol, but it was the fifth ingredient on the list. The Spearmint had sorbitol as its first ingredient. I was in a quandry: I know I like Wintermint, but would this be sweet enough? The Spearmint has Sorbitol, but it’s untested, and could be a disappointment.

I got them both.

As it turns out, the gel IS sweeter than the paste. This is great news! I can rotate my toothpaste flavors! All I have to do is find Tom’s of Maine gel formulations. Ehhhxcellent!

Anybody want a tube of Wintermint paste?

It's in the gel, baby!

14 Comments

  1. Peggy

    I see we use the same quandry solving method … just last night I couldn’t decide whether to walk or do an aerobics tape … so I did neither.

    • Carol

      Another reason to love you, Peggy. You go, gal…or, not, as the case may be.

  2. Brady G.

    I’ll call dibs on the toothpaste.

    • Peggy

      …dang it … I forgot to claim the toothpaste …

      (“dibs” … hehe … )

  3. Beth

    You like Spearmint? Really?

    Who are you?

  4. Peggy

    (Lauren … where fort art thou? Don’t screw up your perfect attendance … I’ve been worried all day; are you ok?)

  5. Lauren

    I’m on a mini-vacation fraught with guilt!

    What I want to know is: how fast do you go through a tube of toothpaste? I can make a tube last for months! I’m thinking of writing the date on my new tube to test it. Brad, you should do the same. Boy, I’m bossy on vacation

    • kiwe

      Maybe all of you (Brad’s family and friends) should get a new tube and write the date on it. The person done first could be the king or queen of toothpaste land!

      • Lauren

        Ha! I accept the challenge!

        • kiwe

          Because no one else is up for it. I will also participate in the toothpaste through down. But only if Brad does it, and there has to be some rules.

          1. Only one person using the tube (no spouses using the same tube)
          2. You can’t brush more than you usually do (it’s no fair if you brush 7 times a day)
          3. You have to use as close to the manufacturers suggested amount or the amount you usually use (No way is it fair if you load up on the toothpaste and then send most of it down the drain with the initial wetting of the brush)

          I will be the champ!! WHA HA HA HA (that is my spooky laugh)

          • kiwe

            That should be throw down…well now I just look silly

            Oh well

            WHA HA HA HA HA

          • Lauren

            Wait! Wait! I read the rules wrong! I was going to win by making it last the longest. I’m totally going to lose the other way because I use the tiniest dab possible. I’ll have to think about this, because I have already accepted the challenge. Hmmmm….

          • kiwe

            Ah, well that works too. Whom ever makes the paste last the longest. Same rules apply, except you have to brush at least two times a day. A contest isn’t very fun with only two people though!

          • Beth

            I’m in, too! But I can’t use that nasty toothpaste Brad uses…does taht defeat the purpose?

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