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Toothless Grin
June 23, 2008

A man called late Saturday afternoon wondering if anyone had turned in his teeth.

Yeah.

I know.

And yes, they had. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing, and from asking the obvious...'why did you take them out in a restaurant of all places?'. But I held strong.

"We do have them here. Wrapped in parchment and placed in a box."

"Good. I hoped someone would be honest enough to turn them in."

Which begs to ask... who in the Hell keeps found dentures??

Anyway.

"Well they are set aside for you. Will you be coming by soon?"

"Nah. Well. I dunno. Maybe. Just put my name on them and I will get them when I get them."

He got them at 7:30 tonight. Smiling brightly with a very profound toothless grin.


So many questions. So little time.

Posted by Foodwhore at June 23, 2008 11:13 PM

Tried to think of an al dente joke but couldn't.

And he took two days to pick them up?

Posted by: kitchen hand at June 24, 2008 01:59 AM

Oh! I can relate to that. My Grandma took hers out (they hurt too much sometimes if not well fitted) at a party at my house, and put them in a napkin and shoved that napkin into my aunt's purse. She was confused and thought it was hers.

The call we got later.... Aunt Ruth found Traude's teeth... omg...

Posted by: Carly at June 24, 2008 02:45 AM

Gross..why take them out?...How do you forget your teeth??? Crazy just crazy

Posted by: Jennifer in Austin at June 24, 2008 07:35 AM

On Christmas eve a couple years ago, my boyfriend and I were riding the subway back home from a party at my relatives house. We had about a 1/2 ride on a sparsely filled subway train. Across from us sat an elderly man who was clearly a bit drunk and very sleepy. His head kept drooping forwards in slumber, but when the train lurched his head jerked and his full set of top dentures fell out of his mouth onto the floor!
We sat there in horror for a moment not knowing what to do. He didn't seem to notice that his teeth had fallen out. After a minute or two, my boyfriend finally tapped him lightly on the shoulder and said, "excuse me sir, I think you lost something" trying to be as gentle as possible given the embarrassing situation. The man grunted awake, looked down, scooped up his dentures right off the subway floor and stuck the in his mouth. Then promptly went back to sleep. We giggled the rest of the way home.

Posted by: Elizabeth at June 24, 2008 09:25 AM

I am 42 and considered very attractive. I had a "permanent" bridge on the top,front side of my mouth. This bridge broke to my dismay and I was not allowed to have it repaired as I was undergoing chemotherapy at the time. When i was able to go out I would have to put fixadent on the bridge to attempt to secure it as best as possible. You have to be extremely careful what you put into your mouth when you do this. I remember biting into macaroni and cheese and the cheese pulled my bridge out and I bit down on it. Felt and heard something go cruch and had to take a napkin and discreetly as posible wipe my mouth and push the bridge into the napkin with my tounge. Fortunatly no one noticed. Then I placed the crumpled nampkin into my left hand and continued to try and eat to avoid a scene. Then my date who was sitting next to me reached over to try and hold my hand under the dinner table. I tried to avoid this because of the napkin and he ended up removing the napkin from my hand and placing it on the table! I kept silent and continued taking small bites then the waiter came and started clearing the table--yes he took my bridge and i said I need my napkin please and he said "let me get you a new one." I said no that's alright I 've grown fond of that one and tried to make a joke. He just looked at me and put the crumpled napkin into a water glass he had rempved from the table. I was a woman of few words the remainder of the night, very "mysterious" my date told me. When we excused ourselfs for the night and departed the company of all the others I would try and talk without opening my mouth very wide. He would keep saying "I'm sorry, I'm having a hard time understanding you." Once he took me home I avoided the goodnight kiss and makeout session which had come to be our custom and instead rxtended my hand for him to shake. I went6 in and cried. Thr next day I told my oncologist I had to get this taken care of immediately to which he reinforced the dangers of having any oral work done while on my particular regime of medications. That was my last date with that man. I wish I had not been so vain as to hide the truth but I just could'nt bring myself to say it. It has been 2 years ago this happened and now I have another "permanent bridge" and am in remission.

Posted by: lelie at June 24, 2008 10:53 AM

sometimes, there are no words.

i love people, they are so very insane.

Posted by: michelle @ TNS at June 25, 2008 09:59 AM

You get away with so much when you get older. I guess it's a good thing he stays calm and just takes things like that in stride. I guess.

lelie - I'm glad you are in remission. I pray you stay healthy and cancer-free.

Posted by: susanbellnc at June 25, 2008 12:14 PM

You'd be surprised - my dad's teeth were stolen from him at the nursing home. Twice.

Some people are just not like us...

Posted by: Meg at June 25, 2008 12:51 PM

That is HILARIOUS. I don't think I would've been able to hold the laughter in.

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