What is this American obsession with SMILING???
Nov 13th 2006 | 3:58 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
Many Europeans have crappy teeth
Jealousy
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?
Jealousy
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?
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:00 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
[email protected] says...
> 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?
Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
--
Keith
[email protected] says...
> 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?
Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
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Keith
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:03 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:43:58 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:30:14 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, "hamburger helper"
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... We're just happier here.
> ...
> ... HH - no veneers or teeth whitening for me, just good genetics. PFFT.
>Heil Hitler?!?
No, Hamburger Helper. However, Hitler was a European. Probably had
lousy teeth, too.
MC
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:30:14 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, "hamburger helper"
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... We're just happier here.
> ...
> ... HH - no veneers or teeth whitening for me, just good genetics. PFFT.
>Heil Hitler?!?
No, Hamburger Helper. However, Hitler was a European. Probably had
lousy teeth, too.
MC
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:10 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:00:42 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, krw <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
... [email protected] says...
... > 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?
...
... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
False ones - like the smiles!
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
... [email protected] says...
... > 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?
...
... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
False ones - like the smiles!
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:10 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:00:42 -0500, krw <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
>[email protected] says...
>> 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?
>Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
and silicone bodies?
--
Martin
>In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
>[email protected] says...
>> 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?
>Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
and silicone bodies?
--
Martin
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:13 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:10:54 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:00:42 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, krw <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> ... [email protected] says...
> ... > 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?
> ...
> ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
>False ones - like the smiles!
and their silicone implants!
Magda: 115 The Wrong Part of the World: 0
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:00:42 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, krw <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> ... [email protected] says...
> ... > 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?
> ...
> ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
>False ones - like the smiles!
and their silicone implants!
Magda: 115 The Wrong Part of the World: 0
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:18 am
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:00:42 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, krw <[email protected]>
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> ... [email protected] says...
> ... > 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?
> ...
> ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
>
> False ones - like the smiles!
Nope. It's called "hygiene".
--
Keith
[email protected] says...
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:00:42 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, krw <[email protected]>
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... In article <8hlel252bubjr425d0jq7912nfhveq4vv9@usenet>,
> ... [email protected] says...
> ... > 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?
> ...
> ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
>
> False ones - like the smiles!
Nope. It's called "hygiene".
--
Keith
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:33 am
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:18:31 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, krw <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ...
... > ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
... >
... > False ones - like the smiles!
...
... Nope. It's called "hygiene".
With all the McShit you guys *eat*, you have a lot of nerve to talk about "hygiene"!!
some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ...
... > ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
... >
... > False ones - like the smiles!
...
... Nope. It's called "hygiene".
With all the McShit you guys *eat*, you have a lot of nerve to talk about "hygiene"!!
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:38 am
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:18:31 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, krw <[email protected]> arranged
> some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
> ... >
> ... > False ones - like the smiles!
> ...
> ... Nope. It's called "hygiene".
>
> With all the McShit you guys *eat*, you have a lot of nerve to talk about "hygiene"!!
McDs are quite clean. You should try it (clean) once in a while.
--
Keith
[email protected] says...
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:18:31 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, krw <[email protected]> arranged
> some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
> ... >
> ... > False ones - like the smiles!
> ...
> ... Nope. It's called "hygiene".
>
> With all the McShit you guys *eat*, you have a lot of nerve to talk about "hygiene"!!
McDs are quite clean. You should try it (clean) once in a while.
--
Keith
Nov 13th 2006 | 4:56 am
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:38:11 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, krw <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... In article <[email protected]>,
... [email protected] says...
... > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:18:31 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, krw <[email protected]> arranged
... > some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
... > ... >
... > ... > False ones - like the smiles!
... > ...
... > ... Nope. It's called "hygiene".
... >
... > With all the McShit you guys *eat*, you have a lot of nerve to talk about "hygiene"!!
...
... McDs are quite clean. You should try it (clean) once in a while.
So not my point...!
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... In article <[email protected]>,
... [email protected] says...
... > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:18:31 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, krw <[email protected]> arranged
... > some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Maybe because Americans *have* teeth? ;-)
... > ... >
... > ... > False ones - like the smiles!
... > ...
... > ... Nope. It's called "hygiene".
... >
... > With all the McShit you guys *eat*, you have a lot of nerve to talk about "hygiene"!!
...
... McDs are quite clean. You should try it (clean) once in a while.
So not my point...!
Nov 13th 2006 | 5:00 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?
I never see anyone smile, even after I smile their way. Guess I'm the
weirdo.
mc
> 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?
I never see anyone smile, even after I smile their way. Guess I'm the
weirdo.
mc
Nov 13th 2006 | 5:31 am
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"> ... Of course not. I don't know anybody who talks about teeth. And the OP
wasn't
> ... American, either, or he wouldn't have agreed that an entire country of
> 3
> ... billion people
> China is already there??
Sorry, I meant to type 300 million in the U.S. OTOH, I doubt the Chinese
spend much time talking about teeth, either.
Pat in TX
>
wasn't
> ... American, either, or he wouldn't have agreed that an entire country of
> 3
> ... billion people
> China is already there??
Sorry, I meant to type 300 million in the U.S. OTOH, I doubt the Chinese
spend much time talking about teeth, either.
Pat in TX
>
Nov 13th 2006 | 6:02 am
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:29:08 -0600, "hamburger helper"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Gooserider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. ..
>> "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.
>Besides that it's their diets. Ancient peoples had no dental caries.
That's because they tended to lose their teeth when a problem
occurred.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Gooserider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. ..
>> "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.
>Besides that it's their diets. Ancient peoples had no dental caries.
That's because they tended to lose their teeth when a problem
occurred.
Nov 13th 2006 | 6:18 am
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Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:29:37 -0800, in rec.travel.europe, Go Fig
><[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... In article <[email protected]>, The Reid
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... > On 12 Nov 2006 17:41:20 GMT, Bert Hyman <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >
> ... > >> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> ... > >> obsessed with teeth and smiling.
> ... > >
> ... > >Because it's not.
> ... >
> ... > I think it is, (not "obsessed") Americans do do toothy smiles more
> ... > than most Europeans.
> ...
> ... Maybe Europeans are just behind the curve... that seems to be the case
> ... for obesity.
>You have given the example, you have shown the Europeans how to be
>grotesque and die early
>- aren't you proud?
You have no teeth either?
Poor Magda. No man, no children, no teeth. Bitter, barren, manless,
childless, toothless, loveless Magda.
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:29:37 -0800, in rec.travel.europe, Go Fig
><[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... In article <[email protected]>, The Reid
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... > On 12 Nov 2006 17:41:20 GMT, Bert Hyman <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >
> ... > >> I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
> ... > >> obsessed with teeth and smiling.
> ... > >
> ... > >Because it's not.
> ... >
> ... > I think it is, (not "obsessed") Americans do do toothy smiles more
> ... > than most Europeans.
> ...
> ... Maybe Europeans are just behind the curve... that seems to be the case
> ... for obesity.
>You have given the example, you have shown the Europeans how to be
>grotesque and die early
>- aren't you proud?
You have no teeth either?
Poor Magda. No man, no children, no teeth. Bitter, barren, manless,
childless, toothless, loveless Magda.
Nov 13th 2006 | 6:31 am
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Re: What is this American obsession with SMILING???
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:02:06 GMT, Bob Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:29:08 -0600, "hamburger helper"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>Besides that it's their diets. Ancient peoples had no dental caries.
>That's because they tended to lose their teeth when a problem
>occurred.
Incorrect. For a more current example, look at the Inuit people. They
tended to keep their teeth far into their later years, UNTIL they
adopted the habit of eating sugar during the mid 20th century. Now,
they are as toothless and gum diseased as a European.
MC
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:29:08 -0600, "hamburger helper"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>Besides that it's their diets. Ancient peoples had no dental caries.
>That's because they tended to lose their teeth when a problem
>occurred.
Incorrect. For a more current example, look at the Inuit people. They
tended to keep their teeth far into their later years, UNTIL they
adopted the habit of eating sugar during the mid 20th century. Now,
they are as toothless and gum diseased as a European.
MC
