What is this American obsession with SMILING???
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:07 am
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no fake smiles wrote:
> A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
Judging by the ads I see on TV, they seem to be equally
obsessed with products like Viagra! Is it that so many more
men than in the past have premature difficulties in that
area, or that they refuse to accept the realities of aging?
(Sex is nice, but there ARE other things in life, and
other interests should develop with maturity.)
> A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
Judging by the ads I see on TV, they seem to be equally
obsessed with products like Viagra! Is it that so many more
men than in the past have premature difficulties in that
area, or that they refuse to accept the realities of aging?
(Sex is nice, but there ARE other things in life, and
other interests should develop with maturity.)
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:14 am
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John A. Weeks III wrote:
> In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>
>
> Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
> most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
> France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
people age - I think the American obsession is more with
maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
"phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
every time of life - there are none so old as those who
desperately cling to their youth."
> In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>
>
> Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
> most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
> France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
people age - I think the American obsession is more with
maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
"phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
every time of life - there are none so old as those who
desperately cling to their youth."
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:22 am
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"no fake smiles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
It's because we HAVE TEETH, unlike lots of Europeans.
news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
It's because we HAVE TEETH, unlike lots of Europeans.
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:24 am
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"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote in message
news:[email protected]. ..
> Hello, marika!
> You wrote on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:57:47 GMT:
> ??>> A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks
> ??>> and he was shocked by what he said is the enormous
> ??>> importance that Americans place on smiling. And teeth.
> ??>> And teeth whitening! He said Americans are a bunch of
> ??>> smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used to
> ??>> it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening
> ??>> thing he said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to
> ??>> agree. Even I have noticed the unbelievable amount of
> ??>> teeth whitening commercials on TV. I just couldn't explain
> ??>> to my friend why American culture is so obsessed with
> ??>> teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
> m> i haven't had a chance because I didn't get back from work
> m> til real late and both days lunchtime was out
> Interesting, complaints about teeth coming from higher dental caries areas
> :-) To see the distribution have a look at
> http://www.scielosp.org/img/revistas...9/a11fig03.gif
The map is a bit misleading. Of course African nations would have low
numbers of filled, decayed, or missing teeth----they have no dentists. It's
difficult to diagnose decay without a dentist, and it's difficult to have
dental work done without one also.
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> Hello, marika!
> You wrote on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:57:47 GMT:
> ??>> A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks
> ??>> and he was shocked by what he said is the enormous
> ??>> importance that Americans place on smiling. And teeth.
> ??>> And teeth whitening! He said Americans are a bunch of
> ??>> smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used to
> ??>> it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening
> ??>> thing he said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to
> ??>> agree. Even I have noticed the unbelievable amount of
> ??>> teeth whitening commercials on TV. I just couldn't explain
> ??>> to my friend why American culture is so obsessed with
> ??>> teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
> m> i haven't had a chance because I didn't get back from work
> m> til real late and both days lunchtime was out
> Interesting, complaints about teeth coming from higher dental caries areas
> :-) To see the distribution have a look at
> http://www.scielosp.org/img/revistas...9/a11fig03.gif
The map is a bit misleading. Of course African nations would have low
numbers of filled, decayed, or missing teeth----they have no dentists. It's
difficult to diagnose decay without a dentist, and it's difficult to have
dental work done without one also.
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:27 am
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:58:11 -0500, "Frank Arthur" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"no fake smiles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet. ..
>>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>Well then. Show them your European superiority by wiping the smile off their
>face by showing what
>a spiteful, hateful, anti-American bigot you are! If you are disturbed by
>smiles or white teeth then you are
>simply disturbed.
Ooh yeah, someone feels a bit hurt by the election result!
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>"no fake smiles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet. ..
>>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>Well then. Show them your European superiority by wiping the smile off their
>face by showing what
>a spiteful, hateful, anti-American bigot you are! If you are disturbed by
>smiles or white teeth then you are
>simply disturbed.
Ooh yeah, someone feels a bit hurt by the election result!
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Nov 12th 2006 | 9:29 am
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:45:23 +0000, Bedders wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> they're afriad of being found out as vain, overweight, and ignorant.
Too late.
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> they're afriad of being found out as vain, overweight, and ignorant.
Too late.
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:31 am
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:22:00 +0000, Gooserider wrote:
>
> "no fake smiles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
>>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>
> It's because we HAVE TEETH, unlike lots of Europeans.
You may also have anuses, but that in itself is no justification for the
obsessive display.
>
> "no fake smiles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
>>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>
> It's because we HAVE TEETH, unlike lots of Europeans.
You may also have anuses, but that in itself is no justification for the
obsessive display.
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:33 am
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:22:00 GMT, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "Gooserider"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
...
... "no fake smiles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
... >A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
... > shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
... > place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
... > are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
... > to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
... > said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
... > noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
... > I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
... > obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
...
... It's because we HAVE TEETH, unlike lots of Europeans.
You have NO idea what you are talking about!
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
...
... "no fake smiles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... news:8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
... >A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
... > shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
... > place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
... > are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
... > to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
... > said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
... > noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
... > I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
... > obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
...
... It's because we HAVE TEETH, unlike lots of Europeans.
You have NO idea what you are talking about!
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:48 am
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> John A. Weeks III wrote:
> > In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> > no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> >>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
> > most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
> > France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
> It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
> people age - I think the American obsession is more with
> maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
> Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
> "phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
> Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
> every time of life - there are none so old as those who
> desperately cling to their youth."
Have you noticed how some of those veneers look
fake? I mean I know one really cute woman about
45 who got the whitest veneers put on her teeth
and they look like false teeth to me. They are all
uniform in size and color and have no spaces
in between them. Just like false teeth...weird.
I think they need to refine these porcelain veneers
and their application so they look more real. -rbl
> John A. Weeks III wrote:
> > In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> > no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> >>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
> > most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
> > France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
> It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
> people age - I think the American obsession is more with
> maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
> Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
> "phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
> Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
> every time of life - there are none so old as those who
> desperately cling to their youth."
Have you noticed how some of those veneers look
fake? I mean I know one really cute woman about
45 who got the whitest veneers put on her teeth
and they look like false teeth to me. They are all
uniform in size and color and have no spaces
in between them. Just like false teeth...weird.
I think they need to refine these porcelain veneers
and their application so they look more real. -rbl
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:49 am
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:25:09 -0500, no fake smiles
<[email protected]> wrote:
>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>place on smiling. And teeth.
OK, why are the toothless, stinky-breath people criticizing the United
States? Did you folks wake up on the wrong side of the bed? With a
tooth ache?
MC
<[email protected]> wrote:
>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>place on smiling. And teeth.
OK, why are the toothless, stinky-breath people criticizing the United
States? Did you folks wake up on the wrong side of the bed? With a
tooth ache?
MC
Nov 12th 2006 | 9:54 am
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"robbielynn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>> John A. Weeks III wrote:
>> > In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
>> > no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> >>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> > Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
>> > most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
>> > France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
>> It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
>> people age - I think the American obsession is more with
>> maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
>> Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
>> "phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
>> Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
>> every time of life - there are none so old as those who
>> desperately cling to their youth."
> Have you noticed how some of those veneers look
> fake? I mean I know one really cute woman about
> 45 who got the whitest veneers put on her teeth
> and they look like false teeth to me. They are all
> uniform in size and color and have no spaces
> in between them. Just like false teeth...weird.
> I think they need to refine these porcelain veneers
> and their application so they look more real. -rbl
On the Anna Nicole Smith interviews last week on The Insider I was
noticing that her teeth looked so perfect they must be fake. They
were perfectly uniform, no spaces in between them, and so sparkling
white, like pearls. Don't know if they're veneers, dentures, or what.
Considering her family background and where she comes from, she
probably had to have whatever teeth she had left pulled out and got
implants or something.
>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>> John A. Weeks III wrote:
>> > In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
>> > no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> >>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> > Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
>> > most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
>> > France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
>> It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
>> people age - I think the American obsession is more with
>> maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
>> Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
>> "phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
>> Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
>> every time of life - there are none so old as those who
>> desperately cling to their youth."
> Have you noticed how some of those veneers look
> fake? I mean I know one really cute woman about
> 45 who got the whitest veneers put on her teeth
> and they look like false teeth to me. They are all
> uniform in size and color and have no spaces
> in between them. Just like false teeth...weird.
> I think they need to refine these porcelain veneers
> and their application so they look more real. -rbl
On the Anna Nicole Smith interviews last week on The Insider I was
noticing that her teeth looked so perfect they must be fake. They
were perfectly uniform, no spaces in between them, and so sparkling
white, like pearls. Don't know if they're veneers, dentures, or what.
Considering her family background and where she comes from, she
probably had to have whatever teeth she had left pulled out and got
implants or something.
Nov 12th 2006 | 10:04 am
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In article <[email protected]. com>,
[email protected] says...
>
> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> > John A. Weeks III wrote:
> >
> > > In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> > > no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> > >>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
> > > most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
> > > France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
> >
> > It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
> > people age - I think the American obsession is more with
> > maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
> > Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
> > "phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
> > Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
> > every time of life - there are none so old as those who
> > desperately cling to their youth."
>
> Have you noticed how some of those veneers look
> fake? I mean I know one really cute woman about
> 45 who got the whitest veneers put on her teeth
> and they look like false teeth to me. They are all
> uniform in size and color and have no spaces
> in between them. Just like false teeth...weird.
> I think they need to refine these porcelain veneers
> and their application so they look more real. -rbl
Denzel Washington has the worse veneers. Kathy Lee Gifford, too.
>
>
[email protected] says...
>
> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> > John A. Weeks III wrote:
> >
> > > In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> > > no fake smiles <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> > >>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe we don't want to have the nasty looking teeth that
> > > most Europeans seem to have? Ever see news reports from
> > > France, and look at the teeth on those folks?
> >
> > It's natural for teeth to lose their pristine appearance as
> > people age - I think the American obsession is more with
> > maintaining eternal youth, and sparing no expense to do so.
> > Whatever happened to "growing old gracefully"? One of the
> > "phrases to live by" I collected in my youth was something
> > Myrna Loy said in a newspaper interview: "Try to relax into
> > every time of life - there are none so old as those who
> > desperately cling to their youth."
>
> Have you noticed how some of those veneers look
> fake? I mean I know one really cute woman about
> 45 who got the whitest veneers put on her teeth
> and they look like false teeth to me. They are all
> uniform in size and color and have no spaces
> in between them. Just like false teeth...weird.
> I think they need to refine these porcelain veneers
> and their application so they look more real. -rbl
Denzel Washington has the worse veneers. Kathy Lee Gifford, too.
>
>
Nov 12th 2006 | 10:12 am
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> "no fake smiles" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
> >A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
> > shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
> > place on smiling. And teeth.
It's an American thing like bar-b-ques.
Why would someone travel to another country and then complain when
something is different and strange from their home country. Isn't half
the point of travel to be more open and experinace new things? If you
need everything to be exactly as it is in your own country, don't
travel, stay home.
> 8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet...
> >A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
> > shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
> > place on smiling. And teeth.
It's an American thing like bar-b-ques.
Why would someone travel to another country and then complain when
something is different and strange from their home country. Isn't half
the point of travel to be more open and experinace new things? If you
need everything to be exactly as it is in your own country, don't
travel, stay home.
Nov 12th 2006 | 10:15 am
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"Ezel Verkrachter" <[email protected]> wrote:
>no fake smiles wrote:
>> A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/000963.html
Yikes! Maybe this is how Farrah Fawcett caught anus cancer.
>no fake smiles wrote:
>> A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>> shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>> place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>> are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>> to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>> said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>> noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>> obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
>http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/000963.html
Yikes! Maybe this is how Farrah Fawcett caught anus cancer.
Nov 12th 2006 | 10:56 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:25:09 -0500, no fake smiles
<[email protected]> wrote:
>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
You don't happen to know this guy, posting for the first
time on asd yesterday, by any chance:
http://tinyurl.com/yg8ms5
Cheers, Alan, Australia
--
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
latest: The Vatican
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
<[email protected]> wrote:
>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
You don't happen to know this guy, posting for the first
time on asd yesterday, by any chance:
http://tinyurl.com/yg8ms5
Cheers, Alan, Australia
--
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
latest: The Vatican
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
