The electric toothbrush seems to have the problems of a power supply and charging system well solved and one end of it is conveniently shaped and could be discreetly concealed in terms of a second use. I doubt the companies who make these two products would join forces but the consumer demand for both appears to remain strong.
-- dhousman, Oct 26 2004

Search Google http://www.google.c...toothbrush+vibrator
Nothing new. [contracts, Oct 26 2004]

http://www.oralb.com/hummingbird "Hummingbird reaches areas your toothbrush can’t" [jutta, Oct 27 2004]

Which end do you hold when you're brushing? This is disgusting. [-] May as well be an idea for reusable toilet paper.
-- contracts, Oct 26 2004


I wholeheartedly agree with [contracts]. Cheers, [contracts].
-- Machiavelli, Oct 26 2004


This is... odd... [=]
-- EvilPickels, Oct 26 2004


given some of the adverts for these products, I think colgate et. al are already on to this so to speak. Check out the new 'hummingbird' 'flosser' from Oral B (and I quote "With a simple push of the button, Hummingbird gently vibrates so it feels amazing and gives you unmistakable benefits from day one. No matter which attachment you use").
-- neilp, Oct 27 2004


Those weren't early vibrators. Early vibrators predate electricity, let alone the electrical toothbrush of the 1960ies.

(They were steam-driven and applied by physicians to cure hysteria - or whatever other symptoms one chose to develop in order to have a reason to get cured.)
-- jutta, Oct 27 2004


Ick.
-- bristolz, Oct 27 2004


[jutta] If you saw a physician coming toward you with a steam driven vibrator and a determined glint in his eye, would this not induce hysteria rather than curing it? Oh - and what [bristolz] said.
-- Fishrat, Oct 27 2004


Urgh.
-- david_scothern, Oct 27 2004


oh jutta, hilarious...
-- po, Oct 27 2004


"Which end do you hold when you're brushing? This is disgusting. [-] May as well be an idea for reusable toilet paper" --[contracts]

Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing inherently unhygenic about one's genitals. It may be baked, but I don't see it as disgusting.
-- 5th Earth, Oct 28 2004


The phrase "Whatever turns you on" seems unususally appropriate here.
-- wagster, Oct 28 2004


//Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing inherently unhygenic about one's genitals. It may be baked, but I don't see it as disgusting.// Well, remind me never to kiss you on the lips. Although I wash, that doesn't mean I want to brush my teeth with it.
-- contracts, Oct 28 2004



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