Why do men leave the top off the toothpaste?

Most women appear to have an ongoing problem with the men in their lives continually leaving the top off the toothpaste tube. I only say this because my partner often complains about it to me and as I like to think of myself as a typical male, presume that every other male does the same.

While you (the female) may think it is sheer laziness on our part, once again you have failed to understand the male mind. Toothpaste is actually considered a food group. By leaving the lid off, the paste solidifies and we can have breakfast while we’re cleaning our teeth. And you thought we couldn’t multitask!

One of the other great toothpaste ‘mysteries’ appears to be why men feel the need to squeeze the tube from the middle; By doing so, we know we have at least half the tube in reserve. We are in fact sealing the tube half way down to ensure freshness of the contents and ensuring that only the top portion begins to solidify as per the above comment.