(Teeth Tales) Smiling Underpants

Cherry

By Penny4athought

Sun, 15 Mar 2026
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When my father was older he had to get dentures and he hated to wear his lower dentures and never did, unless it was absolutely necessary, like when he needed to eat. So he kept them wrapped up in a pristine handkerchief nestled in his pants pocket until he had to pop them into his mouth.

One time my parents had gone out to dinner and so of course he had to put the hated things in, but after dinner he wrapped them back into his handkerchief and placed them into his pants pocket. Once they got home my dad’s usual routine was to rinse them and pop them into a fizzy glass of teeth cleaner but this night he’d forgotten about them, and so they stayed in his pants pocket through the night.

The next morning, still hidden in the pants, they were dropped into the laundry hamper and carried to the laundry room. There they took a spin in the wash cycle and lastly ended up in the dryer, to be fluffed and dried.

When my mom emptied the dryer she nearly jumped a foot high seeing my father’s underpants smiling at her. smiley

(true story)

Certificate 12
Non-fiction
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I can just imagine to expression of surprise and shock on your mums face when she caught sight of the dentures.

I hope they survived the ordeal for your dad's sake.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Hi Jenny- yes, they did survive. I guess they were wrapped inside some of the laundry and didn't get banged around becasue he could wear them after and had no issue. smiley

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Submitted by insertponceyfre... on

A late, but very funny entry - your poor mother!!!

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Thank you insert- . smiley

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Submitted by ScoZen on

            Re.    "...they took a spin in the wash cycle..."

Most likely a very slow spin kept dad's teeth smiling. High speed a grim grimace.

Thanks for posting your toothy memory.

Ps. Still time to post another for the tooth fairy to view

Regards. 

ScoZen

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Thank you ScoZen, this was the only tooth tale I had but yes if it had gone differntly, it would have been a grimace and a trip to the dentist to order new dentures. smiley

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Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

That's funny, Penny. It's so easily done too. Last summer I put my phone into the washing machine and it underwent part of a cycle, came out dripping wait but somehow survived. His teeth were nice and clean at least and hopefully not bent out of shape.

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

That your phone survived a wash cycle is more of a miracle than my dad's teeth coming out unharmed and sparkling. smiley

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Submitted by Turlough on

Years ago, my teenage daughter did the same with her precious iPod (not iPad). It was destroyed and she was devastated. So for her eighteenth birthday I bought her a new one. By purchasing it direct from the Apple website I was able to get a free inscription engraved on it. The Apple people's suggested incriptions were all soppy words of love and tenderness but I ignored those and went for...

Do not hot wash. Do not tumble dry.

Turlough

Submitted by Penny4athought on

I love this story and I'm guessing the inscription made her more careful with it?  or maybe not. smiley

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Submitted by Turlough on

She was a teenager so she was more careful with it for a while. What she really needed was an iPod made from the stuff they use to make black box flight recorders for aircraft.

Turlough

Submitted by Penny4athought on

I understand , when my sons were teenagers nothing was indestructible. we were always replacing something.smiley

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Submitted by airyfairy on

Lovely story, Penny! Thank goodness the teeth survived intact, and it was only your mother's nerves which were shredded.

Thanks for entering the competition!

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Thank you airyfairy, yes my mother was shaken up at the moment but after, we all laughed about it. Now, its a treasured memory. smiley

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Submitted by celticman on

Lovely story Penny. I leave all kinds of thngs in my pocket. One time I left the Noble Peace Prize in the backpocket of my denims. It was ruined. I gave up on the Peace idea afterwards. 

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Peace prize huh? Yeah, I see how that's been lost but If it ever returns...sew it up in your pocket for safe keeping. Something we all wish for these days. smiley

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