“Toothpaste before orange juice equals death”

Brushing one’s teeth with toothpaste and then drinking orange juice results in an unpleasant taste, but it’s usually not fatal. “Beer before liquor, never sicker” is an old saying; many tweets in December 2011 were:
 
“Beer before liquor, never sicker. Toothpaste before orange juice, dead.”
 
The new saying has been popular on Twitter and on several websites.
 
“Depression is the toothpaste to the sweet orange juice that is life” is a related saying.
   
       
Twitter
MJ
‏@sucittaM
Beer before liquor, never sicker. Toothpaste before orange juice, dead.
10:24 AM - 31 Dec 11
 
funtweets
Dec 31 2011
@sucittaM
Beer before liquor, never sicker. Toothpaste before orange juice, dead.
 
Twitter
HayleyKiyokoVerified
‏@HayleyKiyoko
Toothpaste before orange juice =death
10:44 AM - 8 Mar 12
 
janelle
Thursday, August 9, 2012
beer before liquor never sicker. toothpaste before orange juice, dead.
   
Snopes.com
Toothpaste + orange juice = death  
snopes
04 October 2012, 07:23 PM
Comment: I’ve been seeing these posts about using toothpaste before orange juice can kill you. (Toothpaste before orange juice, dead.) I think this is a complete myth, but I was wondering what the reason is for this myth coming about, and the truth about what it means. In a search engine I saw some things about chemical reactions from toothpaste changing the flavors of things like Orange juice, but how did this progress to death, and where did this originate from?
 
Funny College Pics
November 17, 2012
Toothpaste before orange Juice “dead”
 
inagist
Beer before liquor, never sicker. Toothpaste before orange juice - Dead
@CauseWereDrunk Dec 06, 2012 02:35:27 GMT