On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:25:09 -0500, no fake smiles
wrote:
>A friend from Europe came to stay with me for two weeks and he was
>shocked by what he said is the enormous importance that Americans
>place on smiling. And teeth. And teeth whitening! He said Americans
>are a bunch of smiling idiots. I guess living in the US one gets used
>to it and doesn't notice it as much. But the teeth whitening thing he
>said was the weirdest and I guess I'd have to agree. Even I have
>noticed the unbelievable amount of teeth whitening commercials on TV.
>I just couldn't explain to my friend why American culture is so
>obsessed with teeth and smiling. Any ideas?
Have a nice day!
Alan
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