~Tooth ‘n Gum~
By WordWulf, 1st Apr 2011 | Follow this author
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~ I was a ranch hand for a year ~ loved the wide open outdoors ~ never learned to love cows like cowboys do ~ found out I wasn’t one ~ a cowboy that is ~ I raised pigs on the side ~ I liked ‘em ~ pigs ~
~Tooth ‘n Gum~
It’s difficult to be angry when you have a toothache. It is difficult not to be angry when you have a toothache. The meanest man I ever knew never had a toothache, never brushed them either until, after thirty years, his wife refused to go out with him in public unless he brushed the fur off his teeth. He needed a bank loan to buy some cows and, as wife and co-maker, she had to be with him to secure the loan. Brushing didn’t help much so he applied Ajax to a wet washrag and scrubbed them clean as best he could. Some few years later his teeth began to loosen. One by one, he reached in and pulled them out like so many radishes from his garden. There were still eight or ten left when cancer stripped him clean. He referred to his gums as gooms, proud in his gap-toothed way, a complicated simple and fading away.
~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
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1st Apr 2011 (#)
Great Article! I knew an old man that never brushed his teeth he also had no cavities. Explain that!
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
Thank-you, crazy huh? No pain & no cavities:-)
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
Probably said gooms because he couldnt talk properly without them teeth!
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
Oh no, he had all his teeth when he said gooms:-) & missing the ring finger on his right hand... oops, another story...
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
There is a tribe somewhere, that I once heard of, that
never washes, but they never smell either
because their pores are all blocked up by dirt.
It is estimated that if none of us washed
for six months we would reach the same
happy condition.
Thanks for another really "grabbing" article.
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
That's a happy condition I might aspire too but my wife would kick my butt:-)
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
Love your slices of life. joan marie
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
Thank-you, Joan Marie:-)
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
In a weird sort of way this reminds me of my grandpa but, he was a sweet heart of a man. He could eat a ear of corn like it was no ones business though. Great read, as always. Thank you for sharing.:)
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2nd Apr 2011 (#)
It is an old guy thing unless you consider young guys chewing tobacco & spitting, yuk:-)
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5th Apr 2011 (#)
Great article....WordWulf...
Sounded a real character..
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28th Apr 2011 (#)
Good read... quite a character.
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