Did you scrub the toilet with my toothbrush?

Hopefully, you'll never have to ask this question in the middle of brushing your teeth. To avoid uncomfortable situations such as this, I suggest a simple household tip.
My frugal and creative friends, you already know that duct tape can fix just about anything - even this predicament.
When a toothbrush has reached it's prime as a cleaner of teeth, and is ready to retire to the bucket under the kitchen sink, where it will spend the rest of its life as a scrubber of crevices; it needs to be designated as such. Especially in a house of 8, where we often buy multi-packs and the toothbrushes all look similar.
I don't mind accidentally using my husband's toothbrush because I forgot what color was supposed to be mine. He might mind, but that's a different subject all together. If I ever try to give marriage advice, ignore it, I don't know what I'm talking about.
As to the subject at hand; how not to end up with the toothbrush in your mouth that you used to scrub the kitchen floor, and how to make sure someone doesn't accidentally use your toothbrush to scrub the bathroom faucets.

NOTE: For those of you think this could never happen... with six kids in the house... anything can happen!

 On to the point of this short story that I managed to make long... take a piece of duct tape and wrap it around the handle of the "retired" toothbrushes, and everyone will know that those are for cleaning things other than teeth.
The End