Tuesday, August 4, 2009

It Meows #45



In his book Stir-fried and not shaken / Terry Tan (ISBN: 9789810807054), Terry mentioned that his mum used wood ash as her toothpaste...

Mew Mew


21 comments:

Gattina said...

I can only tell you visit my cats, they don't brush their teeth either,

Ellen Whyte said...

Don't be too smug there fuzz face! Our old cat Scoop lost several teeth and had to chew on one side of this face.

jams o donnell said...

Our cats don't brush either, the naughty fellows!

annalarssonphotography said...

You rock Dora!

My cats don't brush either ;)

Happy WW!
Anna

dominique said...

Happy WW.
I have heard about the ash as toothpaste before.. not sure if it is really that effective though

Anya said...

Kareltje don't like it when I brush his teeth :(
No fresh breath ..... LOL
He lost last year three teeth ;(

Candy said...

Thanks for stopping by...your kitties would love to eat out of those fish dishes!
Cute Kit-gong ;-)

maiylah said...

lol ... now that's an interesting thought! :D

IrinaBohemianDance said...

Very nice cat!Very funny!

kisses,

irina

Modern Mom said...

Oh you're right, I've never seen a toothless cat, haha.

Liza said...

Too funny! Happy WW.

SandyCarlson said...

Ewww... That's funny!

Lori said...

Hey, thats a good point;) Happy WW.

Anonymous said...

Errr...wood ash as toothpaste?!?! The thought of it sounds yucky already :P

Indrani said...

Try flavored toothpaste, you may get hooked to it.

Bridget said...

LOL! Happy WW!

Jama said...

I've heard of people using ash as toothpaste in the olden days,but I've never tried them.
I couldn't get the NDP tickets so I'll be stuck in front of the tv again, just like last year. :(

eastcoastlife said...

I have seen an old neighbour rub her teeth with wood ash when I was a young child. I tried it and it was awful. :(

Timothy Low said...

Hahaha ... that's hilarious! But yup, there was a time when that's the official darlie ... or darkie or whatever toothpaste of that generation.

LifeRamblings said...

that's a humourous remark!

Anya said...

Hi Dora
Today its WORLD CAT DAY :)
Maybe you would make a special edition from "It Meows # special"
I just want to tell you,
you are also a great cat fan :)
Have a nice weekend!!

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