# Morning Ablutions (Distracted Driver)

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/morning-ablutions-distracted-driver/10236>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/morning-ablutions-distracted-driver/10236 "2008-02-04T18:22:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![broggerp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@broggerp](https://community.cartalk.com/u/broggerp)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/morning-ablutions-distracted-driver/10236/1 "2008-02-04T18:22:06Z")

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The writer asks, “Why did she brush her teeth BEFORE eating breakfast, rather than AFTER?”

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**Author:** ![broggerp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@broggerp](https://community.cartalk.com/u/broggerp)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/morning-ablutions-distracted-driver/10236/2 "2008-02-04T18:23:54Z")

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Two words: “Morning Mouth”. I always brush before AND after. (Not while driving, necessarily . . . ) We don’t know from the letter read whether the driver followed her morning repast with another thorough teeth-cleaning – perhaps even including flossing!