My toothpaste tube looks three times worse than the wrinkled one...no cap, dried toothpaste on the sides, etc. But hey, I'm a college student, I have good excuses. :)
My men are crumplers - so, I'm going with MM. When will they make toothpaste in a pump container? Seems like that would be so much easier than tubes.
jen - 14 years ago
Is it at all relevant that one is full and the other almost empty? Is one of you a fanatic toothbrusher, or does one of you abstain???
meg - 14 years ago
I'm going with you are the crumpler. My reasoning is three-fold - I feel like the crumple shows a more creative, left-brained approach, which I feel you fit; you are a middle child; and you wouldn't have shown this to us if it was the other way 'round. ;)
not that i'm judging or anything. i'm just married to a country boy, and i'm betting they might make good friends. i'm obsessive about clean teeth. mr LKP, not so much. he's all about getting outside or getting on the job and getting it good & done. besides, his critters never complain about his breath...therefore his tube of toothpaste is tidy and looks almost untouched, or at the tail end looks almost steam-pressed (i'm thinking it's his military background shining through when it looks like that). mine on the other hand he freaks out over it's mangled mess regularly. lol.
Karen - 14 years ago
Mine is the messed up one, must be the Ree's tube. Besides, we brush more often. You are too funny! Makes me home-sick for life on the farm.
carmen - 14 years ago
I would say the nice one is MM's He reminds me of someone who is very thorough and precise. My husband is like that. He tends to be neater than I. And you my dear Ree strike me as someone who just would rather get on with the business of the day than dealing with a dumb tube of toothpaste. Who has time to bother with a tube of toothpaste?
Lee Ann Yahle - 14 years ago
My husband is anal and neat about everything, but squeezes the tube right in the middle or near the top every morning! (I should say he "man-handles" it!) Looks just like this one! I am the one that keeps in smooth and curled.
Donna - 14 years ago
At my house, the wrinkled one belongs to the boss. But I'm having a hunch here that you are not as anal as me about order...thank goodness for two tubes of toothpaste!
Kathryn - 14 years ago
Not really fair to compare an old tube and a pretty new one. Who knows what that new one will look like when it's almost empty! :)
betty - 14 years ago
Well, I voted but I don't know, I am basing my vote on how my dad did things, He was a very neat person, very conservative, wanted to make the most out of anything and would use anything he could to make it work, he was a rancher, he is now gone, my dad squeezed from the bottom, and wanted us all to do that, since we all used from the same tube, my mom, in a hurry, wanting to get the job done, didn't care where she squeesed the tube, and didn't understand why it mattered. He thought we would waste toothpaste if we didn't all squeeze from the botton, so we did.....I now do both....but at the end I have to flatten the tube out and try to get every bit of toothpaste that I can, before I get a new tube, and we are a 2 tube home....
Knowing you as I feel I do, I'm fairly confident the wrinkled one is yours. I took a similar picture of my BIL and SIL after they squeezed condiments on their hot dogs. Hers was straight as an arrow. His, a total Pollack painting!
Have a happy Sunday!
Casie - 14 years ago
MM seems too particular to do that to his toothpaste. From what I know....which isn't much in the whole scheme of things.
we have to buy two tubes of toothpaste too because my husband can't stand that i wrinkle mine up. that's why i voted for you.
Tricia - 14 years ago
My husband and I have this same issue! His tube looks like new until it's empty (or until I use it because I'm out!)
Elesia - 14 years ago
I voted the mangled tube is PW's because that's how it works in our house (although we share the same tube). My husband is forever fixing the tube to make it neat while I just squeeze wherever.
Beth S - 14 years ago
I say the wrinkled tube is MM's. Face it, it's a man thing in almost all households that have one. Just like toothpaste on the taps and sink when they are done.
Lacey - 14 years ago
This is a catch-22. If the top one is yours it could suggest that MM doesn't brush his teeth as often as you.
stu - 14 years ago
A more interesting "debate" would be who uses the most toothpaste? Were these tubes started the same day??????
Kiwimom - 14 years ago
Why does everyone assume Ree would be the one wrinkled toothpaste tube, because she's so
creative? Don't ever discount the creativity some men have ;) It may not be cooking, writing or photography. But there's many ways a real man can be creative. I know a little about that. Think about it:)
Mae25 - 14 years ago
This is hysterical!!! Marlborough man is too calm, cool and collected to do that to a tube of toothpaste.... When his tube is near the end I am sure that he folds it neatly all the way up!!!
Frankie Miller - 14 years ago
ok, so at least it appears the top has been put back on. 47 years and that still does not happen at our house!
BlondiKnits - 14 years ago
Well, I think this is not a fair comparison, as the bottom tube looks almost full! Four people live in my house, and I buy four different types of toothpaste!
Angela - 14 years ago
I'm guessing yours is the wrinkled tube....it just seems a creative, talented person as yourself would want to get her teeth brushed as soon as possible so she can go have fun! And...sorry..I saw those pictures of your kitchen after you've cooked. And frankly--the crinkled tube is much more interesting to look at :)
It's not because I think you twist your toothpaste. It's because I wonder if you're like me in that you take much of your stress in life out on your teeth. Scrubbing them like mad. A lot. Many times. Maybe I'm just assuming those tubes were started at the same time. Maybe that's a crazy thought. That would mean if the full tube were Marlboro Man's, his teeth are neglected.
This poll is confusing.
I might need to change my vote.
I think I need more information.
JEssica Rose - 14 years ago
At first I thought MM because he's a man, and my man's toothpaste is the same. But then I started thinking about things like MM being a rancher his whole life, how he gets that to have this in the winter you need to do this now, you need to get up early etc etc and about how you seem more spontaneous in a way, more city girl, and I was going to choose you. But I ended up coming back to MM because of my first thought: he's a man.
Sue - 14 years ago
I think the wrinkled-up tube is yours! Somehow it just seems to fit the picture. :) Why? Though you both are busy, hard working people, you, yourself, have many, many, many varied things going on in your brain on a daily basis. I picture MM's life much more regimented. I always say the same thing for my DH & I. We women have to "wear way too many different hats" in a days time! :) KWIM?
I hate to admit that MY husband is the neat one...except for the clothes strewn about.
Sue in WA - 14 years ago
I picked the wrinkled one as yours, Ree, because that's what mine would look like if my husband and I didn't share the same tube of toothpaste. You see we work best as a team - I squeeze in the middle, then he squeezes at the bottom to straighten in out. That way it is ready for me to squeeze in the middle again the next time! I didn't realize how beautifully this works until one time we had separate tubes and all of a sudden I realized it wasn't as fun to squeeze in the middle when there wasn't enough paste in the middle to keep it plumped out. Backed to one tube and I'm happy!
Angela - 14 years ago
Okay so here's a weird one for ya - i've heard that people who crumple the toilet paper when they go to the bathroom are more of the...umm...creative type? I'm guessing the same goes for toothpaste tubes? hehe
I assume the unwrinkled tube is Marlboro Man's because he seems like he takes the time to be careful and neat about everything he does, whether it is brushing his teeth or herding the cattle. Hope it makes sense!
erin - 14 years ago
Mine is the wrinkled tube because I'm multitasking and in a hurry... I brush my teeth well, but I don't have time to make the tube purty... heh heh...
The bottom one is MM. Only because mine looks all twisted and mangled as well and my husband always teases me about my "monkey death grip" on the toothpaste tube.
Cheri A. - 14 years ago
If that were my counter, the crumpled tube would belong to DH. But since we have a single sink and SHARE a tube, I am always straightening it out and squeezing it from the bottom up. So generally it looks pretty good.
MelissaO - 14 years ago
It's yours! You are tooooo busy chasing four kids, cooking, cleaning, blogging, taking amazing pics and being just plain entertaining! Of course, I could make the exact OPPOSITE argument as well.... :-)
Its yours, because we as women brush neurotically and they forget to brush at night!!!! I am a sqqqquuuuueeeeezzzzzerrrr he is a baby pusher because he says toothpaste is "kinda like poison" !!! Gosh, the things boys come up with to get out of doing something they are supposed to!! :)
I vote for the crinkled tube to be Mom's tube. Who has time to keep the tube of toothpaste neat? We have to keep EVERYTHING neat, so when it comes to toothbrushing:
Quickly get the toothbrush, pasted, and in the mouth, and while brushing: comb someone's hair, answer the phone, check email, find your other shoe, check your stockings, fix your hair, apply some mascara, give the ok on a wardrobe choice of a child, wonder where that other child found that holey shirt (you threw it out two weeks ago), aaaaaand....spit.
Ready for the day :)
Rhonda - 14 years ago
Okay, so I voted for MM....but it almost seems too easy. I think I made a mistake....I think MM is very particular and immaculent (not that you're not). Now I'm thinking you're the wrinkled tubist. LOL
I'd say yours is the crumpled one because you are always pointing out your own faults and never the faults of others. That's why we love you P Dub! Actually, I do the same exact thing, (the toothpaste tube thing not the faults) then at the end scrape the whole, almost empty tube, flat and squeeze out the very. last. dollop.
I'm going with gut feeling on this one, the wrinkled tube is yours Ree ;-)
Maureen L. - 14 years ago
OMG! Has my husband been brushing his teeth at your house, too! I swear his tube looks like a bearclaw squeezed it.
Drives me nuts.
Stephanie S - 14 years ago
I have one of those toothpaste squeezer gizmos on my tube and when people see it they laugh. But I don't understand what is so funny...it keeps the tube neat and I get *all* of the toothpaste out!?!?!
Hannah - 14 years ago
As much as I would like to think the wrinkled one is MM's--that's what my tube always looks like when my husband is done with it--I think it's yours. Just a hunch :)
Grandma Makka - 14 years ago
I just had to laugh when I seen the tubes of tooth paste - they look like ours do
I squeeze mine in the middle and my husband is the neat one.
so I am betting that you squeeze yours in the middle also
Brooke - 14 years ago
Because you and I are so much alike, my "friend" I vote the mangled tube is yours. I could care LESS about how the stinkin tube looks. It comes out the same whether it's mangled or neat. I'm a believer that life is gonna come at you hard no matter what you do, so why try to prevent it? Worrying about how your toothpaste tube looks is a waste of energy!
Sandi - 14 years ago
Seeing as how one looks almost brand new while the other is nearing the end of usefulness, it's not exactly a fair comparison... one hasn't had time to get all mangled yet!
denise - 14 years ago
I think that yours is the screwed up one because MM is calm and takes time and you my lovely PW are very busy and would not have time for the small stuff am I right huh????
Christienne - 14 years ago
Having 3 older brothers, a husband, and 2 boys who all suffer from the "squeeze the tube from the middle syndrome" as I like to call it... I believe it must be MM's. I believe it's a man thing. Women are much more frugal and squeeze flat from the bottom until every last bit is out!
Of course, knowing Ree and her ways on other things... I could be wrong! I hope I'm not!!
marilyn d - 14 years ago
there are a few things to which i attribute the length of our marriage (42 years, now.) one is the little t.v. in the kitchen that allows me to escape any and all organized sports on the big tube. another is the fact that i work outside the home. we never see each other, so when we do, it's like seeing one another after a long absence. and the third, and most important is TWO tubes of toothpaste. his, and mine. he can squeeze his anywhere he pleases, and i am free to be as anal retentive about squeezing every bit of paste out of the unnaturally flat tube i call mine as i care to be. thank you very much. and if i had to give up two of the three--i would keep my own tube of toothpaste. so there.
Elle B - 14 years ago
My man and your man are apparently twins separated at birth.
I somehow think you are the one with the wrinkled tube simply because you are that busy and more important things than a straight tube of toothpaste to think about. Yet MM knows everything you do is important because of how he has to run the ranch. Not positive on this one, though!
Kita - 14 years ago
If I took a picture of our tubes of toothpaste, my husband's would be the wrinkled one and mine the neat one. I voted accordingly. Hope I'm right!
Ha! I was getting ready to post something similar on my blog, but between our daughter and me. We were back in Alabama visiting them a couple of weeks back, and I noticed her tube vs. mine. Too funny!
Linda_M - 14 years ago
The crumpled tube is MM's, because he believes in getting the last bit out of everything, even when others might give up and get a fresh tube.
My toothpaste tube looks three times worse than the wrinkled one...no cap, dried toothpaste on the sides, etc. But hey, I'm a college student, I have good excuses. :)
Got to be yours!............You have so many candles burning.......and with that smile you have to brush more frequently...............
I picked you because my tube looks just like that.
I picked you purely because my toothpaste tube is a crumpled mess and I'd like to think we have at least one thing in common :-P
My men are crumplers - so, I'm going with MM. When will they make toothpaste in a pump container? Seems like that would be so much easier than tubes.
Is it at all relevant that one is full and the other almost empty? Is one of you a fanatic toothbrusher, or does one of you abstain???
I'm going with you are the crumpler. My reasoning is three-fold - I feel like the crumple shows a more creative, left-brained approach, which I feel you fit; you are a middle child; and you wouldn't have shown this to us if it was the other way 'round. ;)
not that i'm judging or anything. i'm just married to a country boy, and i'm betting they might make good friends. i'm obsessive about clean teeth. mr LKP, not so much. he's all about getting outside or getting on the job and getting it good & done. besides, his critters never complain about his breath...therefore his tube of toothpaste is tidy and looks almost untouched, or at the tail end looks almost steam-pressed (i'm thinking it's his military background shining through when it looks like that). mine on the other hand he freaks out over it's mangled mess regularly. lol.
Mine is the messed up one, must be the Ree's tube. Besides, we brush more often. You are too funny! Makes me home-sick for life on the farm.
I would say the nice one is MM's He reminds me of someone who is very thorough and precise. My husband is like that. He tends to be neater than I. And you my dear Ree strike me as someone who just would rather get on with the business of the day than dealing with a dumb tube of toothpaste. Who has time to bother with a tube of toothpaste?
My husband is anal and neat about everything, but squeezes the tube right in the middle or near the top every morning! (I should say he "man-handles" it!) Looks just like this one! I am the one that keeps in smooth and curled.
At my house, the wrinkled one belongs to the boss. But I'm having a hunch here that you are not as anal as me about order...thank goodness for two tubes of toothpaste!
Not really fair to compare an old tube and a pretty new one. Who knows what that new one will look like when it's almost empty! :)
Well, I voted but I don't know, I am basing my vote on how my dad did things, He was a very neat person, very conservative, wanted to make the most out of anything and would use anything he could to make it work, he was a rancher, he is now gone, my dad squeezed from the bottom, and wanted us all to do that, since we all used from the same tube, my mom, in a hurry, wanting to get the job done, didn't care where she squeesed the tube, and didn't understand why it mattered. He thought we would waste toothpaste if we didn't all squeeze from the botton, so we did.....I now do both....but at the end I have to flatten the tube out and try to get every bit of toothpaste that I can, before I get a new tube, and we are a 2 tube home....
Knowing you as I feel I do, I'm fairly confident the wrinkled one is yours. I took a similar picture of my BIL and SIL after they squeezed condiments on their hot dogs. Hers was straight as an arrow. His, a total Pollack painting!
Have a happy Sunday!
MM seems too particular to do that to his toothpaste. From what I know....which isn't much in the whole scheme of things.
we have to buy two tubes of toothpaste too because my husband can't stand that i wrinkle mine up. that's why i voted for you.
My husband and I have this same issue! His tube looks like new until it's empty (or until I use it because I'm out!)
I voted the mangled tube is PW's because that's how it works in our house (although we share the same tube). My husband is forever fixing the tube to make it neat while I just squeeze wherever.
I say the wrinkled tube is MM's. Face it, it's a man thing in almost all households that have one. Just like toothpaste on the taps and sink when they are done.
This is a catch-22. If the top one is yours it could suggest that MM doesn't brush his teeth as often as you.
A more interesting "debate" would be who uses the most toothpaste? Were these tubes started the same day??????
Why does everyone assume Ree would be the one wrinkled toothpaste tube, because she's so
creative? Don't ever discount the creativity some men have ;) It may not be cooking, writing or photography. But there's many ways a real man can be creative. I know a little about that. Think about it:)
This is hysterical!!! Marlborough man is too calm, cool and collected to do that to a tube of toothpaste.... When his tube is near the end I am sure that he folds it neatly all the way up!!!
ok, so at least it appears the top has been put back on. 47 years and that still does not happen at our house!
Well, I think this is not a fair comparison, as the bottom tube looks almost full! Four people live in my house, and I buy four different types of toothpaste!
I'm guessing yours is the wrinkled tube....it just seems a creative, talented person as yourself would want to get her teeth brushed as soon as possible so she can go have fun! And...sorry..I saw those pictures of your kitchen after you've cooked. And frankly--the crinkled tube is much more interesting to look at :)
somebody needs to brush their teeth! :-)
It's not because I think you twist your toothpaste. It's because I wonder if you're like me in that you take much of your stress in life out on your teeth. Scrubbing them like mad. A lot. Many times. Maybe I'm just assuming those tubes were started at the same time. Maybe that's a crazy thought. That would mean if the full tube were Marlboro Man's, his teeth are neglected.
This poll is confusing.
I might need to change my vote.
I think I need more information.
At first I thought MM because he's a man, and my man's toothpaste is the same. But then I started thinking about things like MM being a rancher his whole life, how he gets that to have this in the winter you need to do this now, you need to get up early etc etc and about how you seem more spontaneous in a way, more city girl, and I was going to choose you. But I ended up coming back to MM because of my first thought: he's a man.
I think the wrinkled-up tube is yours! Somehow it just seems to fit the picture. :) Why? Though you both are busy, hard working people, you, yourself, have many, many, many varied things going on in your brain on a daily basis. I picture MM's life much more regimented. I always say the same thing for my DH & I. We women have to "wear way too many different hats" in a days time! :) KWIM?
I hate to admit that MY husband is the neat one...except for the clothes strewn about.
I picked the wrinkled one as yours, Ree, because that's what mine would look like if my husband and I didn't share the same tube of toothpaste. You see we work best as a team - I squeeze in the middle, then he squeezes at the bottom to straighten in out. That way it is ready for me to squeeze in the middle again the next time! I didn't realize how beautifully this works until one time we had separate tubes and all of a sudden I realized it wasn't as fun to squeeze in the middle when there wasn't enough paste in the middle to keep it plumped out. Backed to one tube and I'm happy!
Okay so here's a weird one for ya - i've heard that people who crumple the toilet paper when they go to the bathroom are more of the...umm...creative type? I'm guessing the same goes for toothpaste tubes? hehe
I assume the unwrinkled tube is Marlboro Man's because he seems like he takes the time to be careful and neat about everything he does, whether it is brushing his teeth or herding the cattle. Hope it makes sense!
Mine is the wrinkled tube because I'm multitasking and in a hurry... I brush my teeth well, but I don't have time to make the tube purty... heh heh...
My tube of toothpaste is always the wrinkled one!
I think the wrinkled toothpaste tube is yours, because you are so neat everywhere else. In the bathroom you must run out of time and grab it and go :)
The wrinkled one looks like hubby's. I don't have enough patience to get the last drop out... I just go buy a new one.
I think MM mooches off of your toothpaste! :)
The bottom one is MM. Only because mine looks all twisted and mangled as well and my husband always teases me about my "monkey death grip" on the toothpaste tube.
If that were my counter, the crumpled tube would belong to DH. But since we have a single sink and SHARE a tube, I am always straightening it out and squeezing it from the bottom up. So generally it looks pretty good.
It's yours! You are tooooo busy chasing four kids, cooking, cleaning, blogging, taking amazing pics and being just plain entertaining! Of course, I could make the exact OPPOSITE argument as well.... :-)
Its yours, because we as women brush neurotically and they forget to brush at night!!!! I am a sqqqquuuuueeeeezzzzzerrrr he is a baby pusher because he says toothpaste is "kinda like poison" !!! Gosh, the things boys come up with to get out of doing something they are supposed to!! :)
Because mine tube is all crumpled up too
I vote for the crinkled tube to be Mom's tube. Who has time to keep the tube of toothpaste neat? We have to keep EVERYTHING neat, so when it comes to toothbrushing:
Quickly get the toothbrush, pasted, and in the mouth, and while brushing: comb someone's hair, answer the phone, check email, find your other shoe, check your stockings, fix your hair, apply some mascara, give the ok on a wardrobe choice of a child, wonder where that other child found that holey shirt (you threw it out two weeks ago), aaaaaand....spit.
Ready for the day :)
Okay, so I voted for MM....but it almost seems too easy. I think I made a mistake....I think MM is very particular and immaculent (not that you're not). Now I'm thinking you're the wrinkled tubist. LOL
I'd say yours is the crumpled one because you are always pointing out your own faults and never the faults of others. That's why we love you P Dub! Actually, I do the same exact thing, (the toothpaste tube thing not the faults) then at the end scrape the whole, almost empty tube, flat and squeeze out the very. last. dollop.
I'm going with gut feeling on this one, the wrinkled tube is yours Ree ;-)
OMG! Has my husband been brushing his teeth at your house, too! I swear his tube looks like a bearclaw squeezed it.
Drives me nuts.
I have one of those toothpaste squeezer gizmos on my tube and when people see it they laugh. But I don't understand what is so funny...it keeps the tube neat and I get *all* of the toothpaste out!?!?!
As much as I would like to think the wrinkled one is MM's--that's what my tube always looks like when my husband is done with it--I think it's yours. Just a hunch :)
I just had to laugh when I seen the tubes of tooth paste - they look like ours do
I squeeze mine in the middle and my husband is the neat one.
so I am betting that you squeeze yours in the middle also
Because you and I are so much alike, my "friend" I vote the mangled tube is yours. I could care LESS about how the stinkin tube looks. It comes out the same whether it's mangled or neat. I'm a believer that life is gonna come at you hard no matter what you do, so why try to prevent it? Worrying about how your toothpaste tube looks is a waste of energy!
Seeing as how one looks almost brand new while the other is nearing the end of usefulness, it's not exactly a fair comparison... one hasn't had time to get all mangled yet!
I think that yours is the screwed up one because MM is calm and takes time and you my lovely PW are very busy and would not have time for the small stuff am I right huh????
Having 3 older brothers, a husband, and 2 boys who all suffer from the "squeeze the tube from the middle syndrome" as I like to call it... I believe it must be MM's. I believe it's a man thing. Women are much more frugal and squeeze flat from the bottom until every last bit is out!
Of course, knowing Ree and her ways on other things... I could be wrong! I hope I'm not!!
there are a few things to which i attribute the length of our marriage (42 years, now.) one is the little t.v. in the kitchen that allows me to escape any and all organized sports on the big tube. another is the fact that i work outside the home. we never see each other, so when we do, it's like seeing one another after a long absence. and the third, and most important is TWO tubes of toothpaste. his, and mine. he can squeeze his anywhere he pleases, and i am free to be as anal retentive about squeezing every bit of paste out of the unnaturally flat tube i call mine as i care to be. thank you very much. and if i had to give up two of the three--i would keep my own tube of toothpaste. so there.
My man and your man are apparently twins separated at birth.
I somehow think you are the one with the wrinkled tube simply because you are that busy and more important things than a straight tube of toothpaste to think about. Yet MM knows everything you do is important because of how he has to run the ranch. Not positive on this one, though!
If I took a picture of our tubes of toothpaste, my husband's would be the wrinkled one and mine the neat one. I voted accordingly. Hope I'm right!
Ha! I was getting ready to post something similar on my blog, but between our daughter and me. We were back in Alabama visiting them a couple of weeks back, and I noticed her tube vs. mine. Too funny!
The crumpled tube is MM's, because he believes in getting the last bit out of everything, even when others might give up and get a fresh tube.
Just because I think you're a mess... in a good way ;)