Holey Toothpaste,Batman!

I just couldn't resist blogging about this one. In chapel yesterday, Mr. Byrd was talking about lessons he's learned over the course of his life. Some lessons were how to use the last bit of bar soap without having to toss it into the trash, and how to keep the sink stopper from breaking. But my personal favorite? -  How to get all the toothpaste out of the tube without wasting it. I had TOTALLY forgotten that when I was a kid, we had aluminum (or some kind of metal) toothpaste tubes.

I don't know how many times my Mama fussed at us for not rolling the tube up from the bottom as we used it. (Very convenient way to get all the toothpaste out.) The only problem with these tubes was that the metal was thin enough to crack open on the sides if you twisted it or handled it too roughly. Sometimes the tube would get a hole in it where you rolled it up. One squeeze and toothpaste went everywhere - Holey Toothpaste, Batman! When that would happen, you just had to keep the lid screwed on and dispense the toothpaste from the hole in the side, and of course, listen to Mama fuss.....