Toothpaste is NOT a toy

So I have three tooth paste stories, only one of which I was in the room for, but that's not the one that truly sends the message home.  So instead of focusing on the stories that involve adults being stupid / extremely stupid with toothpaste, (if you really want to know what the adults did read the foot note, but I warn you after the 1st boring story it goes down hill fast) I will share a story of children and toothpaste with the hope that you will find a safe way to convey to your children that toothpaste is only for teeth.

Three little girls are in the bathroom brushing their teeth before bed.  They have done this many times before with out incident so no one is worried or watching them.  Then one little girl takes the tube of toothpaste, squeezes some out onto her hand and *splat* one of her sisters gets it in the face! Laughter erupts and quickly all the girls are covered in toothpaste.  The toothpaste gets a few seconds to start doing what toothpaste does (aid in the dissolving of things not teeth).  All the girls are screaming!  This stuff burns!  Needless to say it was suddenly time for a quick shower to get rid of the horrible mistake that toothpaste on the skin is.

So please make sure your children and maybe even your more playful adult friends* understand toothpaste is not a toy, and should not be left on skin.  It will burn! It will burn!!  IT WILL BURN!!!!!  And for the person with toothpaste on their skin it will not be funny! I don't know if I can say this clearly enough, but please for the love of humanity DON'T DO IT!!!!!

Ok I got a touch dramatic there, but please don't let that take away form the seriousness with which I am trying to stress this point.  So until you are sure that your little darlings are going to give themselves an exciting adventure with toothpaste, please keep an eye on them while they brush their teeth.

*2/3rds of the toothpaste horror stories I know involve adults so don't assume that only children might feel playful without understanding the consequences.  When the adults I know had their misadventures with toothpaste, the horror was self inflicted.  In college I saw a girl attempt to use toothpaste on her face when soap wasn't immediately available.  She quickly realized her mistake and had a rather miserable time removing it.   The other story involved a a guy who thought it would be funny to dick slap his girlfriend in the face with a toothpaste covered penis.  Well his plan didn't get past applying the tooth paste before he realized the error of his ways.  Long story short, it was a bad idea.