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Grrrmachine · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 265 Location: Warsaw, Poland

Im English too. Blue teeth? I usually take Alex's scathing retorts with a pinch of salt, but maybe freudling HAS been on the sauce a bit too much recently.

cezarek · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 149

Oscar Wilde had green teeth apparently. But then again, he was Irish. Don't think greentooth headsets were available in his day.

svenhassel · Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 188 Location: Europe

Greentooth headsets, blue teeth?

now i'm really confused.

i know it's a standing joke in the states that the british have bad teeth (see austin powers)
but a friend of mine a british girl incidently, before going to america couldn't stand her lovely slightly crooked cheeky smile any longer and splashed out on a set of plastic american type "hamstead heath", big mistake. now she gets ripped off left right and center here in poland and whereever she goes in europe, there's no way i'm getting into a taxi with an american looking person in this country.

i told a friend of mine back in blighty i was hanging out with yanks over here he told me i might as well wear a 'mug me" t-shirt, i wouldn't go that that far, well maybe, but i have noticed how i'm treated differently when i'm with americans and incidently the only hostility i've ever come across in poland is when i've been mistaken for a kurwa americanski by drunken idiots.

i wonder if americans are as aware of how they are "generally" perceived in europe as the british are of their general image in the states?

i am in no way anti american and know that all americans are not over weight, superficial, tourist stereotypes and i only hope and assume this freudling dude (not simon_porter, i stand corrected) isn't under the impression that all brits can be categorised into various caricatures he may have seen in films.

it's interesting that it's the same person who started this thread

peace and love

Sven

simon_porter00 · Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 505 Location: Warsaw, Poland

Well, being born in London and having lived in London for nearly all of my life I think i'm qualified to say that I've got a fairly good grasp on the 'various caricatures' that may or may not exist in the UK.

I'm a little confused by your post - do you think i'm Polish or American or from somewhere else?

Grrrmachine · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 265 Location: Warsaw, Poland

I think he just confused you, simon, with freudling, who posted his "blue teeth" thread just above yours.

svenhassel · Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 188 Location: Europe

oops! my mistake i was referring to the the person who first mentioned "blue teeth" i now notice it wasn't you, i'll go back and edit that post.

sorry for the confusion

Embarassed

simon_porter00 · Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 505 Location: Warsaw, Poland

No worries! Was scratching my head there for a second! Very Happy

freudling1000 · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 50

"I know, he quite a strange little man isn't he?"

Alex making sense again.

As for teeth, yes, we make fun of your teeth (British). I also think that North Americans have really good teeth, that is, if you live in North America. A few reasons. One, our dentists are excellent. Two, we have loads of flouride in our drinking water. Of course, that helps strengthen our teeth, among other things.

Grrrmachine · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 265 Location: Warsaw, Poland

Yes, but why blue? It's not as if we floss with smurfs or anything.
(the mocking of teeth doesn't bother me, as we openly mock everything else about the 'merkins)

freudling1000 · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 50

Why blue? Why, "hungry as a horse"? Why not, "hungry as a bison"? Right, I don't really know, it is just what people say. But some teeth do look blue.