On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:52:44 +0100, Dave Frightens Me
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    >On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:48:38 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>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:
    >>> ...
    >>> ... "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?
    >>> ...
    >>> ... We're just happier here.
    >>> ...
    >>> ... HH - no veneers or teeth whitening for me, just good genetics. PFFT.
    >>>Heil Hitler?!?
    >>-----------------------------------
    >>END OF THREAD
    >Sadly Godwin's isn't that clear.

I did try to stop rte going to the dogs.
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On 13 Nov 2006 08:58:01 -0800, "bessie" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Many Europeans have crappy teeth
    >Jealousy

Why is it that only Americans use the 'jealousy' thing? It's almost
like... you care about what Europeans think!
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:38:11 -0500, krw <[email protected]> wrote:

    >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.

The grotesquely obese don't seem to be good at hygiene, for some
reason.
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On 13 Nov 2006 10:00:14 -0800, "mc" <[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?
    >I never see anyone smile, even after I smile their way. Guess I'm the
    >weirdo.

Perhaps it's the antennae sticking out of your head.
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:56:58 +0100, Dave Frightens Me
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    >On 13 Nov 2006 10:00:14 -0800, "mc" <[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?
    >>I never see anyone smile, even after I smile their way. Guess I'm the
    >>weirdo.
    >Perhaps it's the antennae sticking out of your head.

"mc" reminds me of another ugly bugger.
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:56:13 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> 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.
...
... The grotesquely obese don't seem to be good at hygiene, for some
... reason.

The McShit oozes through every pore...

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:56:08 +0100, Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >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.

Martin, the real one that is, can you please start changing screen
names to get rid of this idiot?
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no fake smiles wrote:
    > He said Americans
    > are a bunch of smiling idiots.

I can just hear your bitching eurotrash friend's accent while saying
this.

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
    > no fake smiles wrote:
    >> He said Americans
    >> are a bunch of smiling idiots.
    > I can just hear your bitching eurotrash friend's accent while saying
    > this.

I'm not entirely sure I believe there was a bitching Eurotrash friend (given
the poster's nym)!
Still, removing the deliberately inflammatory "idiots" component, many
Europeans are a little mystified by the smiling thing.
When we moved to the US when I was a kid, my mother had a hard time getting
used to the "Say Cheese!" smile photo phenomenon and really made fun of it.
Every school pic immortalizes one or two kids with those frozen, forced
smiles that look like they're straining the jaw muscles (and aren't
particularly attractive!), so my brother and I really were encouraged to
look "natural" when photos were being taken and not to "say cheese." Of
course the result is that every class photo has us looking like something
out of the Addams Family.
To this day I have a really hard time sitting there with a frozen smile
staring at a camera, especially at the Dept of Motor Vehicles or waiting to
be snapped for a gym membership card! And inevitably whoever will urge me to
smile before getting it over with.

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:29:08 -0500, 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.

Because they had no dentists so they never heard of it before

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Jesus Do?" The mental image"--David Zeiger

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:02:06 -0500, Bob Ward <[email protected]> wrote:

    > 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.

I am glad you are on to this

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:31:14 -0500, Marcus Cole <[email protected]>
wrote:

    > 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.

They all lived into the 20th century? Man, they were OLD.

    > Now,
    > they are as toothless and gum diseased as a European.

it is bizarre

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
    > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:31:14 -0500, in alt.gossip.celebrities, Marcus Cole
    > <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
    >
    > ... 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
    >
    > Not yet full of veneers like you kiddies, but it's just a matter of time...

Can't put a veneer on nothing, you toothless Europeon!

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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
    > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:42:53 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, krw <[email protected]> arranged
    > some electrons, so they looked like this:
    >
    > ...
    > ... So you really don't know what hygiene is? Hint, it's not about
    > ... what food one eats.
    > ...
    > ... No, I don't suppose it was your point. That's still on the top of
    > ... your head.
    >
    > And many light-years above yours.

I agree. The point on you head is light years above mine.

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In article <[email protected]>,
deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu says...
    > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:38:11 -0500, krw <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >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.
    >
    > The grotesquely obese don't seem to be good at hygiene, for some
    > reason.
    >
You would know.

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