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November 8th, 2005
myth debunking

Alright, here’s a quickie.

Did you know George Washington’s teeth were never actually made of wood?

I was disturbed by this knowledge, and almost lost a $2 bet.

Anyway, so here’s the question. Where did the myth come from? Anybody know? (I might even give out a prize or something… doodoodoo.)

posted in: question of the day — @ 2:14 pm

60 Comments

  1. My bet is on the manufacturers of wooden false teeth. Perhaps there was such an industry in the country’s history and they wanted something to get people to buy their shit.

    Comment by Grampa — November 8, 2005 @ 2:24 pm

  2. Well can you prove that it was a myth back then? In other words, we also need to know the date this myth started.

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 2:27 pm

  3. You can probably find the answer in Bill Bryson’s “Made in America” where he pretty much debunks every American myth out there. I read it so long ago I can’t remember if he mentions the wooden teeth myth or not.

    Comment by Le Will — November 8, 2005 @ 2:57 pm

  4. George doit avoir été homosexuel pour être concédé assez pour les dents animales.

    Comment by Monsieur Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 2:58 pm

  5. le 18ème siècle était si gai.

    Comment by Monsieur Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 3:02 pm

  6. Qui croit mon affirmation sur George?

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 3:04 pm

  7. BTW, he didn’t chop down the cherry tree either… 😉

    Comment by Le Will — November 8, 2005 @ 3:08 pm

  8. Loyalist….

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 3:13 pm

  9. Go put on your red coat, Canadian.

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 3:13 pm

  10. Le Will… interesting. I’m going to have to look that up. 🙂 And I’m now all bummed about the cherry tree, lol.

    Augustus… SIGH. That is all. SIGH. And no one believes your little statment about George, lol. Even though, yes, the 18th Century was a riot. lol

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 3:34 pm

  11. who’s this George guy you keep mentioning? my grampa was named george. he had fake teeth. are you talking about my grampa? i was supposed to be born on my grampas birthday… but i hit snooze for 2 more days for some extra beauty rest… musta worked too. hehehe.. sigh. sorry. i’ll go away now.

    Comment by wendykat — November 8, 2005 @ 3:36 pm

  12. LOL!

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 3:37 pm

  13. Oh my. That must be an American urban legend because I had neverr heard of that!

    Ewww… imagine the splinters in your gums!

    Comment by ms. mac — November 8, 2005 @ 3:54 pm

  14. Oh, only the Swiss would think about splinters! Wusses, we’re hardcore in America!

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 4:00 pm

  15. Wow, wendy hitting snooze. Now that’s a surprise. ;P

    Ms. Mac.. yep. LOL.

    Augie.. be nice to the Swiss!

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 4:00 pm

  16. Le mythe est venu de avide amour de sur le bois.

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 5:01 pm

  17. Douteux. Mais… hmmm.

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 5:27 pm

  18. Washington a adopté deux enfants. La raison qu’il n’est jamais devenue roi est parce que amour de bois ne produirait pas un enfant. Je récris l’histoire, de nouveau.

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 5:43 pm

  19. Augustus! Stop rewriting history you wacko. lol

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 7:31 pm

  20. Ok…(looks sad with beady eyes, everyone looks on with empathy)

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 7:36 pm

  21. Sad with beady eyes makes me think you’re gonna come and retaliate… very, very deceptively, lol.

    😛

    Why haven’t you shipped out yet?

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 7:43 pm

  22. i leave on the 21st

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 9:21 pm

  23. after waiting since March……(takes forever to get into the AF)

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 9:21 pm

  24. We should throw you a bon voyage bash. 🙂

    What would you like? Cake, balloons, a disease-free stripper? ;P

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 9:25 pm

  25. I prefer a disease infested stripper, a bottle of Merlot, and some cheap cake. Make me feel horrible so I’ll be glad I’m in “boot camp”….I want to wake up with that feeling of moral bankruptcy….

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 9:40 pm

  26. 🙂

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 9:40 pm

  27. That’s just so very, very wrong Augie.

    ::shudder:: Merlot ::shudder::

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 9:43 pm

  28. LOL! I know…I’m sorry….Ok, lets just throw a regular bon voyage….

    Have you seen this:
    http://futureme.org/

    I sent myself an email when I graduate from basic training……provided I don’t get “recycled” I’ll receive on the day I graduate…

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 9:47 pm

  29. I had heard of it… did you tell your future self to look up all your old blog friends? Hmmm??

    Bust your ass and you won’t get recycled. 🙂

    And we’ll definitely promise you two parties… a bon voyage and a welcome back flyer. 🙂

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 10:05 pm

  30. I just sent it…..I reminded myself of insider, grampa, wendykat, etc on jan 28…..(i figured ill get recycled for something)

    Comment by Le Roi Augustus — November 8, 2005 @ 10:12 pm

  31. ROTFL… nice.

    And you might get recycled for talking smack. ::snicker::

    Comment by the insider — November 8, 2005 @ 10:20 pm

  32. hey! the 28th is the day i was supposed to be born! neat.

    uhm. i’m not a disease free stripper but only because i’m not a stripper but i’ll still go to a party. especially if there’s cake. but i’m real picky and snobby about cake. not so much about wine though. i like zin. mmmm zin… drooool.

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 5:55 am

  33. I chuckeleth….

    Comment by Augustus the Great — November 9, 2005 @ 8:22 am

  34. Wendy…. well, you’ll have to buy the wine and cake yourself, so my guess is you’ll get what you like. 🙂

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 9:56 am

  35. true.

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 10:09 am

  36. 🙂

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 10:18 am

  37. Good luck and safe journeys, you magnificent dead French King, you.

    Comment by Grampa — November 9, 2005 @ 1:22 pm

  38. i like french bread. and french braids. and frenching.

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 1:54 pm

  39. Merci. (Thank you all)

    Comment by Augustus the Great — November 9, 2005 @ 2:41 pm

  40. We know you do wendy.. 😛

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 4:36 pm

  41. Buncha shameless hussies around here, I tell you.

    Comment by Grampa — November 9, 2005 @ 4:46 pm

  42. I think that’s your favorite kind of hussy, isn’t it Grampa? ;P

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 4:59 pm

  43. You know me too well.

    Comment by Grampa — November 9, 2005 @ 5:04 pm

  44. Not as well as I’d like… 😉

    See, I can be a shameless hussy! 😛

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 5:08 pm

  45. my eyes! oh god my eyes!

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 5:22 pm

  46. 😛 You’re a shameless hussy too, so shut up. 😛

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 5:26 pm

  47. i know. i didn’t say i wasn’t.

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 6:17 pm

  48. OK, that’s fine then.

    Cover your eyes. 😛

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 6:27 pm

  49. hehehe… no need. i’m usually blindfolded. or in some gimp costume. ew. okay that was a bit much even for me.

    i need to shower now.

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 7:05 pm

  50. So the English has a fetish hmm?

    ::snicker::

    That’s all I can muster, lol.

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 7:34 pm

  51. English? oh right… uh… yea. he, like my dad, also still thinks i’m virtuous.

    yea. right.

    no i was refering to my “other” job. you know. the one that pays the bills?

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 7:47 pm

  52. English thinks you’re virtuous?!?! ROTFL LMAO

    And oh yeah.. that job. Well, a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. 🙂

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 8:00 pm

  53. uhm no. he knows better. sigh.

    Comment by wendykat — November 9, 2005 @ 8:40 pm

  54. lol… I’m sure he does. ;P

    Comment by the insider — November 9, 2005 @ 9:47 pm

  55. he said no catfighting. bah. that’s the best kind of fighting. well, that and whipcream wrestling.

    Comment by wendykat — November 10, 2005 @ 9:45 am

  56. Ahem… uh huh.

    I thought we were going to arrange a Jell-O wrestling match? 😛

    Comment by the insider — November 10, 2005 @ 9:57 am

  57. that’s between English and gramps remember? brits against yanks.

    Comment by wendykat — November 10, 2005 @ 10:37 am

  58. Ah yes… but we’ll get to see it.

    And then you can grab English and throw him in a vat of whipcream. Whipcream + Jell-O = yum. 🙂

    Comment by the insider — November 10, 2005 @ 10:40 am

  59. mmmmm but he’s english and they just like dump weird tinned custard over everything…

    Comment by wendykat — November 10, 2005 @ 11:38 am

  60. Eww. That just sounds gross, lol.

    Comment by the insider — November 10, 2005 @ 11:54 am

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