As you can see from the copy of the following email, I'm very lucky to have such a stallwart companion!

Worse than any horror film...scary in reality...hard to fathom!!! Teresa and I have a habit of taking our toothbrushes out of their holder and fixing each other's toothbrush in the morning or prior to going to bed. A few nights ago, I found my toothbrush laying by the sink with no toothpaste on it. That was odd. I wondered to myself...does she wish for me to dry brush? I chose instead to add toothpaste, brushed my teeth and went to bed. Last night, Teresa went to bed at 12:30 and I followed at 1:40 after finishing an old western named "Nevada Smith" with Steve McQueen. When I entered the bathroom to brush my teeth, a HORROR awaited me! It was the DRAPING GOB!!! See attached pictures! It was HUGE!!! It had to be about HALF the tube of toothpaste sitting on my toothbrush! I wasn't sure what to do. Do I flee from the bathroom and hope the DRAPING GOB doesn't follow?! Do I do battle with the DRAPING GOB and attempt to force it BACK in to the tube of toothpaste? I didn't think that would work very well so with great hesitation, I opened WIDE and was finally able to maneuver the entire massive arrangement into my mouth and started to brush my teeth with it. For those who have never brushed their teeth with HALF a TUBE of TOOTHPASTE, I'm here to tell you, it's QUITE an EXPERIENCE! It reminded me of my grandfather who would have a big wad of about fifteen or twenty pieces or more of Juicy Fruit chewing gum rolling around in one big gummy ball in his mouth. I finally got it distributed somewhat evenly throughout my mouth and there was toothpaste EVERYWHERE! If one had seen me, I probably looked like a mad, ravenous dog foaming at the mouth. Rinsing with two gallons of water later, I had the mintiest breath this side of the Mississippi. Teresa, meanwhile during my crisis, was sleeping peacefully in bed. She later told me (while chuckling quite a bit) that she applied the toothpaste in the dark. She must have gripped that toothpaste tube with about 300 foot pounds of pressure! Pray for me that I never have to face the DRAPING GOB, again! Larry