Tom wished he’d looked after his teeth
And not neglected to brush underneath
Too many times he’d forgotten
And now they were rotten
Oh, how Tom wished he’d looked after his teeth!
He used to be proud of his smile
His teeth were the whitest for miles
But now it’s not funny
That he’s ended up gummy
It really is cramping his style
When younger, Tom was so green
Unaware of the dangers unseen
He thought his teeth would stay white
Much to the ladies’ delight
Despite his poor dental hygiene!
Now, to smile makes him blush
Exposing his mouth full of mush
It makes him so sad
He mourns the teeth that he had
How deeply his pride has been crushed!
Tom wants to look for romance
But not whilst his teeth are so scant
Beyond his patch he won’t venture
Until he gets his new dentures
He fancies a set of implants!
poem by Judy E. Martin
photo sent to me by my friend Joey
Another brilliant poem by Judy! ‘ImPLANTS’ HaHaHa!!!
I love how Judy creates something so spot on in what seems like just a few seconds! What a talent!
Pop across to her site and find her poems – they are gems of humour and a wry look at life. Click here for one Judy wrote during our recent heat wave: ‘Hot summer Nights’
Joey grew the tomato and sent me the photo as she knows I see faces in almost anything. I knew I had to send this one on to Judy, just right for a Silly Saturday.
Have you grown any amusing vegetables this year?
Here’s to finding some more silliness to brighten up your Saturday.
Thanks for sharing this…so funny…and it matches your tomato perfectly. Would be great to send this printed to your dentist to post on the wall in the waiting room….in fact send the picture and poem to the Institute of Dentistry: http://www.dentistry.qmul.ac.uk/..would be great when teaching children and adults about the importance of oral hygiene.
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What a great idea Noelle. I’ll ask Judy and see what she thinks.
Glad you enjoyed our bit of toothless silliness. 😉
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Oh yes they’d love it wouldn’t they! My dentist loves his little mementos people give him about dentists and dentistry. He buys cute postcards about brushing for our reminders of our appointments. I can see this picture + poem really being something enjoyable a dentist would love to have on his wall!! All in good fun!
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I like the sound of your dentist!
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Hi Noelle, I am so glad that you enjoyed the poem, and if Sandra and Joey agree, we can send off to see what they make of it! 😁
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This was so wonderful to read, Sandra. That’s what happens when brilliant minds get together. Loved it! ❤
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I absolutely love creative collaborations and Judy and I seem to inspire each other.
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He shoulda brushed his teeth!
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Certainly shoulda!
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Thanks for this morning laugh. The poem and photograph are perfect together!
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Thank you Peter. So glad you enjoyed it!
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How gruesome! At least as the poem says he can get dentures or even implants. 🙂
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Or maybe he could ‘grew some’!
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Ha, ha!
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A winning combination, as always 😀
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Thank you Cathy.
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Poor Tom!😆
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Toothless before his prime!
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Poor Tom!
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He is in a sorry state and no mistake!
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Lovely homage to the great Pam Ayres
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Yes, indeed. i’m enjoying listening to Pam Ayres on Radio 4 Extra.
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Her teeth poem was in the childrens health centre where I took my youngest to the dentist. I always read it out to him!
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That’s brilliant! I’ll read it to my grandchildren!
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Thanks for the humorous share – hilarious!
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Glad you enjoyed our silliness Eliza.
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Made me smile!!
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A smile of beauty I’m sure, not like poor old Tom’s!
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Well there are a few gaps in this smile too!!
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Snap! 😀
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At first I missed what the “tom” picture had to do with the poem- LOL! yuck!
The poem is too true and well written. I checked out Sleepless nights too. I love how she calls “him” Grumps. I call my real life Mr Tom- Grumpy. (my Mr Tom has frightening similarities to Tom in the poem) I used to call him Grumpy on my blog, but some people suggested to me that maybe he wouldn’t be so Grumpy if I didn’t call him that all the time? No sense of humor !
Judy truly has a gift!
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I love that it took a while to get the connection!
Do you now call your Mr, Mr Happy!!!??? Has it worked???
You are so right Judy really does have a precious and most amazing gift. I love what she makes of the photos I send her. You might like to check out some earlier Silly Saturdays to see how she has interpretted the pictures I send her. xx
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Oh no! He’d never ever go for Mr Happy, he enjoys his grumpiness to the fullest unfortunately! I call him Grumpy still and he lives up to it.
All the kids ask me first because he ALWAYS says no. Luckily even after 42 years I can still make Grumpy laugh till his sides split and get him to say yes! LOL!!
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Ha!Ha! Humour is the best glue! 😉
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Gross — but very funny! LOL! 😆
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HaHa! Yes, we should have saved it for halloween!
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Sorry, Tom–you’re kind of gross. But your story has been told with great feeling!
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Definitely gross!!! 😉
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Your friend Joey did you proud with this photo of poor old Tom, Daffy! 🙂
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And you did us both proud with your fab poem Eddie! Another fun collaboration! 🙂
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Always is fun joining up for Silly Saturday with you Daffy 😊
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😀 😀 😀
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