toothbrush abuse
After I brush my teeth and rinse my toothbrush, I have to tap my tooth brush, upside down on the sink 13 times. It’s not the number that’s important, it’s the pattern: TAP tap tap tap TAP tap tap tap TAP tap TAP tap TAP.
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x1
Lullz!!!!
Since about the age of five, I’ve had a 7 beat tap (“shave and a haircut, two bits.”) If I mess it up, say, with an indistinct tap, I have to do it again. Despite this effort, I know I won’t feel right until the next successful toothbrush tap, but if I don’t perform a tap-correction, I’ll attract ill fortune.
At 33 years of age, I’ve tapped my toothbrush at least 213,276 times.