The toilet brush.
Yes. The toilet brush. It’s the most vile, disgusting and bacteria laden apparatus in the house.
Aside from the Husband.
Oh, come on, you knew I had to say something.
We have an ongoing argument here: To clean or not to clean.
I say between purchases, the holder and brush has to be cleaned once and a while.
Mike believes that since it harbours all the disgustingness of the toilet it should be left to fester.
So, dear Internetz, I turn to you.
The question(s): Clean or not to clean? And how often do you replace that disgusting festering vile object?
Let’s discuss! I’ll see you in the comments.
Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] says:
erm… is it bad that I never considered washing the toilet brush?
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samantha Reply:
March 19th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Yes. Yes it is.
I don’t think we can be twins anymore.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:02 am
aimee says:
I’m with Angie…never considered it! This post cracked me up, though, and now I’m going to obsess–but just how would you clean such a thing??
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samantha Reply:
March 19th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I just wash the holder and spray the brush with a bleach and water mix. I don’t scrub it down… that’s disgusting. LOL
March 19th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Peggy says:
Just throw it in the dishwasher with the toothbrushes!
ps – I’m with the others…never thought of it and never will.
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:29 am
OMG. The dishwasher? Gah!! Toss the sextoys in at the same time?
March 19th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Sticky says:
Ok, in the dishwasher – fine. But with the toothbrushes?? Peggy! Ick!
I try never to think about the “vile” thing…but now that you have mentioned it? Have to clean. More that the rinsing off I do now….ick, ick, ick….
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:30 am
In the dishwasher is NOT fine. What are you talking about?! LOL
March 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Mo says:
Ack. Gawd, I never considered cleaning the toilet brush. Now I’m totally grossed out and will immediately go home and throw mine out and start over with a new one. They should just be disposable—use once and throw out. Ick.
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Disposable is not really conducive to living greener. LOL Well, unless they’re biodegradable.
March 19th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
laural says:
I’m not a clean freak/germaphobe. But … I clean the toilet brush every time.
I fill the sink with hot water and Mr. Clean and soak the brush in there along with the brush holder. I also replace them every 2-3 months.
My husband does not do this.
His opinion is that the bathroom only needs to be cleaned once a month.
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Soak the brush with the tooth brush holder?!
March 19th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Mags says:
I use the disposable brushes. I do clean the handle after I dispose of the brush with Chlorox and steamy water. I don’t think my husband has ever cleaned a toilet bowl.
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March 19th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Elle says:
Toilets make me gag – I can’t touch them. Thank God that guy I married is sweet enough to do the bathroom cleaning.
I can’t stand the thought of that nasty brush being cleaned anywhere else in the house – all that cross-contaminative splatter.
I buy a new one every month – its only a couple bucks.
March 19th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Alexandra says:
You mean swirling it around in the water as you flush down the cleaner doesn’t count? I guess I never considered “cleaning “it as it is used to “clean”…. ::blink:: ::blink::
March 19th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog) says:
We don’t have a toilet brush because I know without a doubt my kids would pick that crap up and be running around the house with it as some nasty weapon, regardless of all the warnings I’d given them not to mess with it. What this means is I put my damn hand in the toilets to clean them. If there was a way to get the entire toilet cleaned, inside and out, without a nasty brush sitting around or having to put my hands in it, I would embrace it and call it my own.
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iMommy Reply:
March 19th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I’m pretty sure Billy Mays can help you with that. He’s got a product for everything.
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Bwahahahaha! Billy Mays is the BEST!
March 19th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
katie ~ motherbumper says:
The toilet brush is my biggest and naughtiest not-so-secret-anymore sin against the environment. I buy them in bulk at IKEA and toss them when I think they have reached maximum groddiness. In between the tossings, I put a diluted bleach in holder and somehow, through the grace of I don’t know what, Gigi hasn’t used it for a sword fight. But now that I’ve said that….
And I cannot believe I just confessed my green sin AND discussed toilet brushes. I love you Sam.
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:37 am
You naughty naughty sinner. Makes me HOT.
March 19th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah says:
Um… I let the cleaning people deal with it.
I’m not kidding. I work three internet jobs so I don’t have to clean my toilet. I’m not proud.
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Kuddos to you.
But now you’re going to think about whether or not they clean it!?
March 19th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
buttercup says:
I occasionally spray it liberally with bleachy bathroom cleaner, and replace it when we move (which has been every couple of years).
samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Sounds like me
March 20th, 2009 at 7:09 am
sherendipity says:
Wait…you’re supposed to clean your toilet???
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samantha Reply:
March 20th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Dirtbag. LOL
March 20th, 2009 at 8:03 am
samantha says:
What is with people and toilet brushes and toothbrush holders?! LOL
I just can’t even fathom putting my toothbrush holder and toiletbrush together. I mean, one holds something I brush my teeth with and the other scrubs the shitter.
March 20th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Karen Sugarpants says:
I use the disposable kind that dissolve in the toilet after about a minute. (Lysol brand?)
They are the shit. Haha…
March 20th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Karly says:
I, uh, don’t clean mine. Ever. In fact, the last time I cleaned the toilet I FINALLY threw away my old one because it was so nasty. I haven’t bought a new one yet. I should probably do that, huh?
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March 21st, 2009 at 8:34 am
kristi crazy says:
Oh, wow. I bleach mine every once in awhile. But replace it? REALLY??
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March 21st, 2009 at 10:55 pm
annie says:
Nah, I don’t really clean it, but I try to swish it around in the toilet with some cleaner after I’ve scrubbed the toilet and flushed it once.
But you know my pet peeve? The toilet brush, whether in or out of a holder, that sits OUT, in the corner or whatever. It seems I see one without a holder just as often as with the holder in the corner of people’s bathrooms.
It should be put away OUT OF SIGHT!!!!
Ick!!!!!
Put the toilet brush AWAY, people!!!
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March 22nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
nutty mummy says:
I use disposable toilet brushes with the paper thingy on the end because I cannot cope with the poo laden bacteria home that is the standard loo brush….. I clean my bathroom every day because I nearly passed out the first time I saw my toddler first born play with the loo seat and then put her hand in her mouth…. since then…. toilet cleaned every time someone takes a winnie and bathroom cleaned every day…..
we could probably eat tea of my toilet it’s that clean….
Toilets are yukky!!! Bleurgh!
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March 22nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Suebob says:
Toss it out. A new one is like what, $4? Totally worth it.
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:19 pm