David Nebenzahl wrote:

One light-in-the-leathers TV redecorating host recommends toothpaste
for hole-filling. 'Course he probably uses toothpaste for any number
of unspeakable things...

Toothpaste to patch holes in wall? The first (and only) time I ever
heard that was from the lips of my erstwhile white-trash redneck
girlfriend, many years ago. It still has bad associations to this day.

I swear I heard it. He even mentioned it might be possible to match the
colors!