All good things must come to an end. Such is the case with a tube of toothpaste. Sometimes I wonder if there isn’t a more efficient design to ensure that you can actually get every last bit of toothpaste from the tube when it goes ’empty’. Instead one must resort to laying the tube flat while repeatedly pushing with your fingers, a comb or brush handle to ‘squeeze’ the paste to the opening. Once you’ve reached this stage you know it will only be a matter of days before you have to do the bionic finger squeeze, a maneuver that entails folding the tube like an accordion and squeezing forcefully – sometimes requiring both hands, which is often very challenging. Because you’re using both hands, the brush is either resting on the vanity or with the handle clenched in your teeth. You can run the risk of either missing the brush all together or tipping your brush over while trying to load it; both equally frustrating if you have no more toothpaste.