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Thread: QOTD - Sunday: Do you cut the tooth paste tube to get the last drop?

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    Saw it on TLC Extreme Cheapskates

    Roy Haynes, the cheapest man in America, cuts open his toothpaste tube, to get more toothpaste. He says there is a week's worth left inside.

    Do you cut your toothpaste tube or just through the tube in the garbage when you can't squeeze any more?

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    Lol! I have never even thought about doing that
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    Can't say I've ever done that. I wouldn't think there'd be a weeks worth though if you opened it up. Maybe a day or two at most.
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    when we were little, my Mum tried it once
    we ran out of toothpaste and stores were closed
    I think we had enough for all of us, cutting the tube

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    Heard of it, no need to bother doing it. I just squeeze as much as I can to the top, rolling up the tube, then wiggle the top thingee back and forth to get more out.
    Used to be easier when tubes were metal - y'know back when there were dinosaurs.

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    Like Natalka I shimmy it all out of there, no need to cut lol

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    I just get lazy I guess and throw that last bit out because I typically have 20 free tubes minimum waiting to be used lol
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    lol! never thought of doing that! I squeeze just about every drop out anyways. I have to! I use organic toothpaste. At $5 a tube I squeeeeeze it out a long time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MortgageQueen View Post
    lol! never thought of doing that! I squeeze just about every drop out anyways. I have to! I use organic toothpaste. At $5 a tube I squeeeeeze it out a long time.
    by organic toothpaste, do you mean brands like Tom's?
    I think I saw Tom's at 30% discount at Target
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    Thanks Shwa. I usually use Desert essence, but occasionally use Tom's.
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    Yep! I've done that. There really is quite a bit left, even if you try to squeeze it all out.
    As for the guy in the video...things like cutting open the tube or picking up a coin off the sidewalk don't take a lot of time and effort. But not spending money seems to have taken over his whole life, to the point where he's taking advantage of other people.
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    Quote Originally Posted by annedougherty View Post
    I just get lazy I guess and throw that last bit out because I typically have 20 free tubes minimum waiting to be used lol
    My dentist has kept our whole family in free toothpaste for more than 25 years, so no I have never had to resort to cutting open a tube of it.




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    I can't say I've ever cut the end off a toothpaste tube, but I do use something similar to this to get most of the toothpaste out...
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    I've never tried it. Now I'm tempted.

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