"British" Teeth (was NEW CANON- What['s Up with That?)

[mstattersall]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <Ali at z...> wrote:
> So, on the basis of one joke on one programme, it's a worldwide 
joke 
> about our teeth? 
>

The Austin Powers movies haven't helped the reputation of British 
dentistry. For a long time, if one were so inclined, one could 
purchase joke teeth in the costume shops that were all crooked, 
stained, and otherwise icky, in a package that called 
them "hillbilly" teeth. Not long after the second Austin Powers movie 
came out, I saw the same joke teeth in a new package with a vaguely 
Austin-Powers-looking character on it and they were called "British" 
teeth.

An unfair and unfortunate stereotype, to be sure.

Ms. Tattersall
who always thought John Inman's gappy grin was rather cute
(oh, beHAVE!)