Okay...I'm going to comment about the actual story, if that's okay with the rest of you guys. Don't mind me, it's just my first time in the forums.
I read the title of this story and was excited, because I totally loved "How Lonesome a Life Without Nerve Gas." However, I didn't really like this story as much. I think it's because I sympathized with the narrator and not the toothbrush. Like the narrator, I don't drink cappuccinos or lattes or anything with frothed milk, and I found the the brush annoying, like a younger sibling who wants to be with you at all times, but he wants to play his games, not yours. I can appreciate the brush's desire to be used for something else besides toothbrushing, but I found his obsession with milk frothing, well, weird. I thought perhaps they could have compromised and found some other functionality that the brush wanted to be AND that the owner would want and use. But, even though I didn't like the brush's personality, I must admit that the characters were well developed, the story was well written, and there were some parts that made me laugh.