Frightening Lightsaber Toothbrushes...

I have a long and storied history of scaring people in public places.  Sometimes it's intentional; sometimes it's not.  The first known incident of this dates back to a student trip I took to Australia in middle school during which my peers and I devoted ourselves to "weirding out" the Aussie guide who traveled with us throughout our two-week stay.  I won't go into details, but I do believe we were successful.  This type of behavior has only increased with age and is a great way to avoid being a mature adult.  It's possible that this is due to a gene I inherited from my father.

The genetic theory gained further credence this week when I took a trip to Target with my little sister.  We were walking innocently down the toothpaste aisle when, in unison, our eyes locked onto a toothbrush in the kids' section.  It was a flashing light-up lightsaber toothbrush.  We stopped momentarily, possibly due to a natural instinct to not move while our eyes were bulging out of our skulls, and then both yelled, "Oh my GOD!" in unison.  Upon further investigation, we discovered that the toothbrush came in a variety of colors.  It was like Christmas, but in August.  We had to buy them; there was absolutely no other reasonable course of action.

It was only after we decided who would get each color (I got blue, she got green) that we noticed a woman staring at us from a few feet away.  She had a completely baffled expression on her face, and you could almost hear her mind trying to process the fact that there were two girls standing there having a mini freak-out about some toothbrushes that were clearly designed and packaged for little boys.  I thought about explaining to her that they light up when you press the button, but I didn't think she'd understand.  We just left her standing there trying to figure out what had just happened.

You'll be happy to know that the toothbrushes are indeed fantastic.  I don't know that my dentist would be thrilled about me using a child's toothbrush, but I think he'd understand if he could see it in action.