Friday, November 1, 2013

How to Make a Tooth

My kids came home with a huge stash of candy after last night's Trick-or-Treat session.  After I checked all of it, they started munching away.  It looked like they intended to eat the entire supply in one sitting. 

"Wait a minute," I said.  "Only four little pieces.  We don't need you rotting your teeth out tonight!"

"But Mama," my nine-year-old son said. "Teeth are easy to make."

I  looked at that boy sideways.  "They are?"

"Yeah.  All you have to do is get some milk and let it go stale. When it dries out, you'll see some powdered stuff left.  Take the powdered stuff and shape it into a tooth, because that's what teeth are made out of."

Okay.

(I see the boy has a promising future in dentistry!)

36 comments:

  1. Just don't let him practice on Schultz or Bootsy!

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    1. Agreed! I don't think it would go so well for any of them!

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  2. I wonder how many patients will flock to Dr. Bubba's office once they hear his dental theories! D

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  3. He'll be able to make cheap fillings, that's for sure!

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    1. Unfortunately, they'll probably stink - in more ways than one!

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  4. Hahahahaha. Good stuff.

    PS: Second apple crisp just out of the oven and cooling. House smells wonderful. Really really yummy.

    Do you bake?

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    1. Yes, I bake! I love baking in the fall and winter. It's such a homey thing to do. I bet your house smells great!

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  5. Your Bubba is a joy. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could bottle some of his imagination and enthusiasm? Just think how many people would want to buy a dose, so they could see the world through his eyes for a little while.

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    1. If he could bottle it up and sell it, I'm sure he'd be a millionaire overnight!

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  6. It's just like Bubba to have a plan. lol!

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  7. Well at least he knows that the first set of teeth are called Milk Teeth.....a good start in being a dentist.
    Yvonne.

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  8. I think that milk would get mighty sour, but kudos to Bubba for always having a solution to a problem.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. I don't think he was thinking about the sour part. ;)

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  9. LOL, I like Bubba's solution.

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  10. Dentists make a ton, he'll be rich in no time

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  11. George Washington had so many types of unsuccessful fake teeth that this might have been one he should have tried!

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  12. yep, remind me not to come to Bubba if my tooth goes bad...

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  13. Milk contains calcium (I think).
    Teeth have calcium in them (I think).
    I think Bubba may be on to something there.
    Of course, I never did too well in Science.
    Or Math.
    But, that fact isn't terribly relevant here.


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    1. Ha! You're absolutely right about the calcium. Maybe Bubba will find a way to perfect his theory so the milk powder doesn't have a sour taste. ;)

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  14. Milk contains calcium (I think).
    Teeth have calcium in them (I think).
    I think Bubba may be on to something there.
    Of course, I never did too well in Science.
    Or Math.
    But, that fact isn't terribly relevant here.


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  15. Bubba has an incredibly bright future ahead of him!

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  16. Lol. It sounds so easy.

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  17. Remind me not to visit any dentists named Bubba anytime soon... XD

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    1. Ha! I'd be a little leery of dentists named Bubba, too!

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  18. Lol, another possible future career for Bubba. :)

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