tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post4102280118081364931..comments2023-09-21T07:08:58.865-05:00Comments on The HotchPotchery: Who needs an orthodontist when you have gum and/or paperclips??Hotch Potcheryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13205620637311970766noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-79665500028391565892009-11-06T10:08:16.402-06:002009-11-06T10:08:16.402-06:00wtf was the gum for? really--inquiring minds need ...wtf was the gum for? really--inquiring minds need to know. <br />i wanted braces--badly. didn't necessarily need them and i didn't make my own out of paper clips. however--my youngest aunt (who is about 5-6 yrs older than me) had braces and then a retainer. (do you see where this is going?) i was spending the night at my gma's and my aunt was on a date--her retainer was on her dresser. i popped it in my mouth (i was probably 11?) i admired myself in the mirror for awhile. then, it got stuck. i panicked. i eventually got it out, but yeah, i wanted braces.creative kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645362903422740070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-77576879198590897282009-11-05T22:11:18.172-06:002009-11-05T22:11:18.172-06:00Can. Not. Process.Can. Not. Process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-43611772139552172652009-11-05T17:00:25.351-06:002009-11-05T17:00:25.351-06:00OK, you HAVE to find out what the gum was for. I ...OK, you HAVE to find out what the gum was for. I am dying laughing and have to know.<br />And I had braces so I just wanted them OFF!Not Your Aunt Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170586207423260492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-5856356543006085012009-11-05T15:33:25.034-06:002009-11-05T15:33:25.034-06:00Dear. Lord. It really just keeps getting better a...Dear. Lord. It really just keeps getting better and better (or worse and worse) doesn't it?<br /><br />I once shoved gum up under my top lip at church and told everyone I had a new retainer. If anyone asked me about it, I'd kind of pretend to cry, like I was embarassed. Yeah, is it any doubt I chose theatre as my profession?Jen L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02795875173289262892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-86388417219362143142009-11-05T13:58:49.370-06:002009-11-05T13:58:49.370-06:00your mom sort of sounds like a 13 yr old kid actin...your mom sort of sounds like a 13 yr old kid acting out.. :-\<br /><br />i never wished for braces, because i HAD them! retainer thru middle school, then braces through HIGHSCHOOL. lucky me!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287792370490363047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-52896972555235784972009-11-05T13:53:05.630-06:002009-11-05T13:53:05.630-06:00What was the gum for????
Nope, never did the pape...What was the gum for????<br /><br />Nope, never did the paper clip thing but c'mon what was the gum for? (lol)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579411037129623539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-19509148288955764242009-11-05T11:46:26.846-06:002009-11-05T11:46:26.846-06:00How did I miss the gum thing?
I wanted braces bec...How did I miss the gum thing?<br /><br />I wanted braces because I was a serious buck tooth snaggle face...now atleast that is better.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648049238771250699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-42082598804916965902009-11-05T10:34:14.914-06:002009-11-05T10:34:14.914-06:00wow.
wow. i dont know what else to say.
moving o...wow.<br /><br />wow. i dont know what else to say.<br /><br />moving on....i never did the pretend braces thing but i did want glasses really badly and when i was about 7 i wore black and pink sunglasses constantly for about 2 straight weeks and pretended they were real glasses. oh and they were on an eyeglass chain. im sure i looked like a total jackass.<br /><br />of course the irony is that now i <i>have</i> to wear glasses to see this computer screen. sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-78898744694726618882009-11-05T10:09:51.816-06:002009-11-05T10:09:51.816-06:00I did the paperclip thing, but I don't think i...I did the paperclip thing, but I don't think it was out of envy. I knew my teeth were growing in crooked and I hoped to fix them myself.<br />So typical of me...I'll do it myself!!<br />(and yeah, eventually I got braces)wafelenbakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899158433656824631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-78747122599202757802009-11-05T09:42:22.605-06:002009-11-05T09:42:22.605-06:00I wanted the whole shebang...braces, neckgear and ...I wanted the whole shebang...braces, neckgear and retainer. Sadly for me, my teeth, although Osmond-like in size, were straight. I'm sure my parents were happy, though!<br /><br />Your mother...I just cannot fathom that she is serious sometimes! Do you think she's secretly trying to see how far she can push you and Penny?Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-25877108051465165852009-11-05T09:13:54.583-06:002009-11-05T09:13:54.583-06:00Oh yer Mom.
I used to want braces so bad (I was ...Oh yer Mom. <br /><br />I used to want braces so bad (I was a buck toothed Betty with a huge gap)..and then I ended up wearing them for FIVE YEARS. Seriously. But I'm so grateful for them, that's for sure.DAVshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759565504954172751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-53375789286090222342009-11-05T08:49:44.039-06:002009-11-05T08:49:44.039-06:00Your mom ... well, let's just say she makes f...Your mom ... well, let's just say she makes for good blog fodder. =)<br /><br />I started asking for braces when I was really young. And I'd put gum around my teeth trying to feel what it'd be like once I got them. But, I didn't do it at the dinner table. In fact, I don't think I really did it in front of other people at all. And it immediately stopped once I got braces.Nilsa @ SoMi Speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474642034399063234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-80231803657388181012009-11-05T08:42:59.127-06:002009-11-05T08:42:59.127-06:00Hilarious! And I never made "pretend braces&...Hilarious! And I never made "pretend braces" when I was little either...yeah, me neither!Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315829092172760748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346484163998378215.post-80043544953260472992009-11-05T08:23:19.120-06:002009-11-05T08:23:19.120-06:00Oh, thank you for sharing that. It is simply hila...Oh, thank you for sharing that. It is simply hilarious. I appreciate that other people have crazies around them as well! I think I'm going to cry from laughing.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415583879200326438noreply@blogger.com