Man: What can you recommend for yellow
teeth?
Dentist: How about a brown tie?
Oh, how I laughed when I first heard
that as a child. On my own. Without showing my teeth.
Tuesday, 6 June 2006
Dentist again
today. When Pam Ayres wrote the poem "I Wish I'd
Looked After Me Teeth", I wonder if she had me
in mind… Actually my teeth have never been better,
all manky metal fillings changed for white ones, two
wonky teeth at the front straightened and generally
polished and spaces filled. (Five house points for me
for getting the words 'wonky' and 'manky' in the same
sentence). The annoying part is if I had brushed my
teeth more and eaten less sweets when I was a child
I wouldn't have so many fillings to replace and if I
had worn the braces on my teeth I wouldn't have paid
thousands, yes, thousands to get then straightened.
All this for someone who smiles about twice a year.
At this point I am reminded of one of my favourite jokes,
