Gold Caps and Missing Digits
For the last few days, I have been trying to figure out why it is that I have seen more gold capped teeth and missing digits in the last year than I had seen in my entire life prior. So far, all I have come up with is that I live in the dirty south.But what is it about the south that makes it prone toward the capping of teeth in gold? What is that makes living here so dangerous for fingers?
If I were a much more brave (or stupid) person, I would simply walk up and ask them what happened that caused them to lose a finger or ask what hit you in the head to make you stupid enough to cover your teeth in gold? But I am not that brave or that stupid. So guess the mystery will go unsolved.
posted by Mrs. Andrea Wood @ 9/30/2005 10:46:00 AM
18 Comments:
this perhaps is the only time in my life i wished you were stupid. because i am intrigued and would like to know as well. and if you were stupid, maybe you'd find out and then report back to us . . . i suppose perhaps it is better for you to be smart.
I have a theory . . .
Memphis the the bankruptcy capital of the US.
They can't repo gold teeth.
Memphis also has a lot of crime.
If you are trying to steal someone's gold tooth they have an obvious defense.
"Hey, gimmme-dat-goed-toofus!"
"Naw, y'ain't-gonna-git my toofus!"
"I'm fidnta take yo toofus right out yo mouf!"
"No y'ain't. . ." [MOMF]
"Ow, you done bit off my finger, wit-yo-toofus!"
I will be happy to ask someone for you. I'm not stupid or afraid. When I find out, I'll get back to you. My mother just informed me that my brother's girlfriend has a gold tooth...GHETTO. So, maybe I'll ask her.
Dancer- I saw that you also posted on some of my archived blog posts. I am VERY interested in what prompted your brother's girlfriend to make the decision to spend her hard earned money on something that has so little class. AND how did she find a dentist with so little class that he was willing to do that!
Dancer- I tried to visit your blog but I was unable to find you. Is there something I am missing?
oh man, it took me for almost ever to figure out what "fidnta" meant. i'm so glad that it took me a while! how scary to get it right off the bat.
dancer41.blogspot.com
Does it not work? I should check on it.
i forgot to mention that it's still in the works. i deleted 5 months of work on purpose. so far whats on there is more my serious side than my sarcasitic, cynical side. The balance will come...
So, Peters . . . when are you going to get a gold tooth?
thanks for the illustration james. it made everything much clearer to me. to think: i was almost raised in the south!! i learned to talk in memphis.
i've recovered.
but i did know exactly what you meant by fidnta . . . scary.
I do believe it is finna or fin'to, dervived from fixing to/fixin'to (which I've heard wealthy Texans use). Both mean "about to, in the process of doing"...;)
My mom said they used to give gold teeth away. I also agree with the idea that it's a status thing. My cousin has a gold-lined tooth which looks good on her (still ghetto). Some people have gold caps, they turn green, they have too many of them, and don't take care of them. My mother also said that people think they look good. Some do but most do not. I realized I was afraid to ask my brother's girlfriend. So I asked my mom to. She said she wasn't going to ask her either...
Maybe they get "golds" cause they are aware that it makes them intimidating *teehee teehee* can you believe we're discussing this?
Naka- I would really rather you not link to me from your blog. I prefer to keep it to people that I know.
Perhaps if you stick around and we get to know each other, you can add it then.
i think it's spam. You can go into settings, comments and answer yes to enable word verification. I've found that keeps spammers away.
it's been nice visiting with you and your friends.
Dancer- I think you're right. Did you see the site? Lame. I don't understand.
People can now go into stores and get a "set" of gold teeth for like $200 (I saw one time in Valdosta) that you can take on and off when ever you want. It reminds me of Flava-Flav off of that reality show. I agree with Ryan in the fact that it is a status thing. They can't get a nice BMW so they settle for a gold tooth.
I laugh when I think about the Bugs Bunny cartoon and Elmer has a gold tooth during the gold rush in California. Elmer and Bugs are in a cave and Bugs sees something glow. He picks it, and needless to say it's Elmers tooth. Hah, makes me giggle thinking that this could happen to someone on the street today. Who knew that cartoons would become real life
okay, um, it goes like this:
i have some of the funniest friends in the WORLD! you guys are makin' me laugh so hard i'm afraid i might tinkle!
Huh? Virginia water skiing camps? So that's cool, Andrea and James, that we can now speak in Dirty South English and others won't know what we're talking about. no wha i mean, vern? I cain't believe ya'll dun be livin in memphis. Dat jus bout noks me on my dern ass every dern time. How dem vittles be? Ya'll dig on some colla greens and chitlens? Me? Ya damn yeah, I be done dig doggin' on some chicken gizzards! Woo wee! Pig Sewie!
Bangladesh also has its population of the fingerless, but it's mostly due to LEPRASY!!
update your blog!!! i miss you!
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