Very capable of hitting him if I ever see him in person.
Jeremy Clarkson: Duality Personified
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I mean, to be fair, he does have shit teeth. But he's the kind of person who would have shit teeth. Clarkson with fake, perfect whites would look horrendous. It would almost be the antithesis to everything he proclaims to hate. In fact, come to think of it, he should probably be forced to have them.
You tart!
He should actually pay for somebody to chew his food for him...he's that rich and doesn't give a feck.
Have you tried to find a NHS dentist recently?
I said in my earlier post cosmetic dentistry is over done in the US and practically none existent in the UK. You would think people with the resources would actually find a dentist and use them occasionally, especially people on TV.
Why? Perhaps he doesn't give a feck what his teeth look like on camera as he cares more about what he has to says when he's on TV than what he looks like when he's saying it? An admirable quality, if anything.
Christ, I'm defending Jeremy Clarkson. Ugh.
I have an NHS dentist, actually, and recently had to get a new one because my old one retired but that isn't the issue here, lots of people in the UK have dentists despite their shortage and they also have corrective braces and retainers. I personally have a gap in my two front teeth which I had filled by some sort of tooth coloured filling because I didn't like it but your point wasn't even about dentists, it was about the state of people's teeth, which from my experience living in the UK for my entire life is largely unfounded anyway as all but maybe two or three of my friends have good teeth and the the ones that don't have "good teeth" don't so much have bad teeth but it's just that they have had one of their front two teeth chipped in accidents and haven't bothered to get them capped and that doesn't make their teeth bad in my opinion. I have never once had a filling, can you say the same?
First you say cosmetic dentistry is overdone in the US and then that in the UK it's not done enough? I don't particularly like Jeremy Clarkson but if he feels comfortable with his teeth the way they are, fair play to him, why should he have them fixed simply because he's a well known person? And more importantly, why do they make you uncomfortable?
mjs must have a yank wife. Mine is always at me about my teeth too. I just tell her that so long as I brush them, and use my 4 free dentist cleanings a year then I'm fine.
I can't be arsed with flossing either.
I can't be arsed with flossing either.
Nope we are both Brits. I have never had any issues with my teeth. My last filling was about 35 years ago. Dentists fecking hate me, check ups every two or three years and no treatment. I use home whitening stuff a little bit over here but that is about it.
His bad teeth are probably an affectation, much like Martin Amis' habit of hand-rolling grotty cigarettes on his trousers, which apparently proves that he is now to be considered the 'grand old man' of British letters. Pfft.
My Mother-In-Law had a couple of really nasty bad teeth at the front a couple of years ago. The wife called her Nanny Mcphee, and she got them fixed the following year. I think it cost her about £1,100 though.
I think it was 1970's Bowie that started this whole yank obsession with shit, brit gnashers.
Second most popular comment I get, after "Isn't is really foggy in London?", is "What's with you guys and bad teeth?"
As an aside, for the third time in the 10 years that I've been here I got asked "What language do you guys speak in England?"
Second most popular comment I get, after "Isn't is really foggy in London?", is "What's with you guys and bad teeth?"
As an aside, for the third time in the 10 years that I've been here I got asked "What language do you guys speak in England?"
It doesn't matter if you don't give a feck about your appearance. Its rather bizarre that Brits over obsess about fashion and their hair and walk around with jacked up teeth.
Yanks should start worrying about their weight more than our teeth. Although saying that, we're the "fattest nation in Europe" now apparantly.
Why should they, the Brits are constantly on about the Yanks weight.
Both are basically stereotypes based an a certain amount of truth.
I mean, look, yes, Americans clearly have more people with radioactive pearly white smiles than Britain does, and there are thousands of good reasons to take the piss out of us Brits, but it's just such a weird stereotype. Where did it come from? Did someone come over during the Dickens era and notice all the urchins had wooden pegs in their mouths? Is it a G.I War thing? Were all the ration starved housewives they were banging dropping teeth by the minute? Or is it someone whose gone over there? I can't imagine Charlie Chaplin and Cary Grant went over with busted up gobs and were rushed straight into an emergency dentist. And its not as if the Taylors, Burtons, O'Tooles, Connerys, Andrews, Bales, Laws & Grants etc have continued to profligate a perception of bad oral hygiene ...
So where the feck does it come from?
So where the feck does it come from?
Why should they, the Brits are constantly on about the Yanks weight.
Both are basically stereotypes based an a certain amount of truth.
I've been to the States a few times and fat is on a completely different level over there. I've seen person so big he took up 2 seats at a restaurant we went to.
Not saying the Brits don't have bad teeth either - gotta give it to the Yanks, they do (generally) have very good teeth.
What doesn't make sense to me is Americans are or were largely descended from British immigrants when the stereotype started anyway so they're just as likely to have bad teeth as us... That is if I am right in thinking it stems from limey?
I think it's more a perception of not looking after your teeth rather than a genetic pre-disposition to having terrible teeth. I think.
Correct.
I think it may actually come from people in the media like Clarkson. On US TV they all have ridiculous white teeth. When you see British actors and celebs they very often have pretty average to poor teeth.
We spent the first two year fighting the British cause over here but its even become noticeable to us now. When friends and family come over their teeth are not like the people we work and live amongst, who are a similar demographic this side of the pond. Interestingly enough our Brit friends from similar demographics are actually fatter that our American friends.
Mike wins again on the internet.
I'm sure the fat thing is exagerated. It's also probably hugely a geographical thing. People in LA or NY for example are likely to be skinnier than their counterparts in London or Manchester. I've always found the amount of fecking walking I do there burns off all the shitty food I eat. But I'd guess our rural children are better than theirs.
Probably completely wrong.
Probably completely wrong.
Spooney fails again on the Internet.
I think if you remove African American women, and Mexicans from the US stats the obesity levels are not much different to the UK. Its locational as well, rural areas are generally fatter.
Like someone else said though the Yanks do HUGE on a whole different level.
I'm leaner than any of Mike's Yank mates.
I'm alright at this winning on the internet lark and all.
Now..what's my prize? whitening toothpaste?
I'm alright at this winning on the internet lark and all.
Now..what's my prize? whitening toothpaste?
Basically, non white people aren't American.
I left the black guys in. Nice try scooter. Just explaining a nuances with the US obesity figures.
Clever, very clever.
I hope you answered "American."
I tell them English and they use bastardized English.
I like how a conversation between a group of Brits and one or two British ex-pats living in America is seized on as a sign that Americans are obsessed with teeth.
We're the world's third fattest nation.
Have you got pearly whites then?
Can it, snaggletooth.
no one is saying they are obsessed. Americans tend to have whiter teeth, FACT, and Americans generally have a certain stereotype regarding Brits teeth, FACT.
Have you not seen all the ads on telly about teeth whitening and such? The obsession is not solely about teeth, it's about body image. For whatever reason, yanks think that they have to all look great in order to be successful/happy/respected. There are deep insecurities that English people just don't have.
I don't think that is a particularly valid observation TBH. British advertisement is also very geared towards fashion and personnel appearance. I would say the Brits are a lot more image conscious when it comes to clothes and hair etc.
The thing that always strikes me about 'commercials' on US tv is the amount of medication you guys have rammed down your throats. Although the way they read through potential side affects is always good for a laugh.
Yep medicine is big business over here. They can cure your indigestion but you are likely to puke six times a day for the rest of your life, grow tits and your left testicle will drop off.