Posted on 05/27/2015 3:23:50 AM PDT by the scotsman
'Britain has become "internationally renowned" for having "really lousy" teeth, according to TV doctor Chris van Tulleken, with people not caring enough about staining and decay. Is this label fair?
Having bad teeth is one of the stock American jokes about British people. In the world of film, spoof super-spy Austin Powers cavorts around London as a would-be sex symbol, not realising that his discoloured, crooked grin is being mocked.
In one episode of the Simpsons, a dentist scares a young patient into better oral hygiene by exposing him to a horrific publication called The Big Book of British Smiles. It features mocked-up pictures of gappy, unaligned teeth belonging, among others, to Buckingham Palace guards, the Prince of Wales and Sherlock Holmes.
Chris van Tulleken, a British doctor and TV presenter, has joined the criticism by telling Radio Times magazine that British dental standards are globally infamous and having "brown, foul teeth doesn't really bother us".
But are British mouths really in such a state and is there such a lack of vanity?.'
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BFL
Candy plus minimal toothbrushing - well - - -"
All I know is what I saw on the BBC...a documentary called "Britain's Worst Teeth." It followed several people in their twenties whose teeth were so rotten they couldn't eat without pain.
One of the girls had a habit of eating sugar right out of the bag. She told the dentist she had no idea she was supposed to brush the inside of her teeth.
I admit you’re probably correct.
Oh, come on now. Next thing you’re going to claim is that they don’t all clump around in wooden shoes in Amsterdam...
I know THAT. Just an example of bad teeth.
How is Shane McGowan alive?.
Because of youtube. And jukeboxes in my favorite Irish bars. BTW, did you know he was born in Pembury and lived in Brighton?
Yes.
I pretend he is Irish born and bred, lol.
I am not a fan of the Pogues except for one song. And grew up in the 80’s when they used to spout pro-IRA drivel at concerts.
Honestly, I've heard the same of "Spaniards" in Colombia.
Do you really wanna know what people think of Americans?......
Elderly face NHS discrimination under new UN death targets Elderly people will be treated like second-class citizens and denied medical care under new targets which give priority to saving the lives of young people
Thread here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3294511/posts
..and the highest male mortality rate in Europe:
Mystery of Glasgow's health problems | Society | The Guardian www.theguardian.com › Society › Health The Guardian Nov 6, 2012 - Glasgow has a reputation for ill health, but that alone can't explain Scotland's largest city's shocking mortality rates. ... or suicide, Glasgow's mortality rates are easily the highest in Britain, and among the highest in Europe.
Ha...easy to explain...a diet of butties and beer.
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