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Linux Ordinateur
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:04 pm
Post subject: What does floating teeth means? |
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I work in an office and I was fixing a light in the bathroom. There was
some guy shouting "my back teeth are floating open the bathroom" I told
him "You shouldn't be spitting around the bathroom. However, you can
wash your mouth and hands in a hand-washing sink after an hour" and I
locked the door. I had to get a spear part and I had my tools in the
bathroom, and I couldn't risk him or anyone stealing my equipment. It
sounded very strange to me that a person wanted to "wash his mouth?" in
a bathroom with no light...
English is not my native language. Later, it occured to me that he
meant something else. Can anyone tell me what "back teeth are floating"
means?
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:24 pm
Post subject: Re: What does floating teeth means? |
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"Linux Ordinateur" <ordinateurlinux@voila.fr> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I work in an office and I was fixing a light in the bathroom. There was
some guy shouting "my back teeth are floating open the bathroom" I told
him "You shouldn't be spitting around the bathroom. However, you can
wash your mouth and hands in a hand-washing sink after an hour" and I
locked the door. I had to get a spear part and I had my tools in the
bathroom, and I couldn't risk him or anyone stealing my equipment. It
sounded very strange to me that a person wanted to "wash his mouth?" in
a bathroom with no light...
English is not my native language. Later, it occured to me that he
meant something else. Can anyone tell me what "back teeth are floating"
means?
Thanks in Advance
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It means he had to go so bad he could taste it. |
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Bob Cunningham
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:09 pm
Post subject: Re: What does floating teeth means? |
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On 2 Jun 2005 23:04:17 -0700, "Linux Ordinateur"
<ordinateurlinux@voila.fr> said:
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| Quote: | Can anyone tell me what "back teeth are floating"
means?
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It means the speaker's bladder is full and if he doesn't
urinate pretty soon he's going to pee his pants. |
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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:48 pm
Post subject: Re: What does floating teeth means? |
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Linux Ordinateur wrote:
| Quote: | I work in an office and I was fixing a light in the bathroom. There was
some guy shouting "my back teeth are floating open the bathroom"
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It means that his bladder is so full that the urine is backing up into
his mouth.
Just as his teeth would not really be floating, neither is there really
any physiological truth to the idea that urine could be filling up his
mouth. It is a metaphor, meant to be humerous, but failing because it
is either disgusting (to those who have not heard it before) or trite
(for the rest of us). |
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Alan OBrien
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:01 am
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"Martin Ambuhl" <mambuhl@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Linux Ordinateur wrote:
I work in an office and I was fixing a light in the bathroom. There was
some guy shouting "my back teeth are floating open the bathroom"
It means that his bladder is so full that the urine is backing up into his
mouth.
Just as his teeth would not really be floating, neither is there really
any physiological truth to the idea that urine could be filling up his
mouth. It is a metaphor, meant to be humerous, but failing because it is
either disgusting (to those who have not heard it before) or trite (for
the rest of us).
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And for me it was so funny I almost pissed myself. |
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Bill Bonde ('by a commodi
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:35 am
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Bob Cunningham wrote:
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On 2 Jun 2005 23:04:17 -0700, "Linux Ordinateur"
ordinateurlinux@voila.fr> said:
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Can anyone tell me what "back teeth are floating"
means?
It means the speaker's bladder is full and if he doesn't
urinate pretty soon he's going to pee his pants.
Or he could use the original poster's toolbox. |
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"He's asking if you killed Freddie Miles and then killed Dickie
Greenleaf."
"No, I did not kill Freddie Miles and then kill Dickie Greenleaf."
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