I know, I know – I have been terribly remiss in responding to blog award nominations and explaining why I don’t want awards and now I am frantically trying to trace back to those beautiful commenters on my blog who nominated me and for whom I had already created the Hot Potato Award (some people have received this previously).
I guess I will just have to admit that I have lost the award trail/plot and cannot remember who to thank – very sorry! I will get to it eventually.
It reminds me of my first job in a nursing home as a young girl. I collected all of the false teeth from every patient in the ward where I was working because I had been told by the very stern matron to wash them all thoroughly. I was so intent on making a good impression that I filled a sink with soapy water and then tipped all of the false teeth into the sink.
That was a mistake. It took a week for everyone to get their own teeth back – argh!
jmgoyder 
You make me smile!
That false teeth episode was traumatizing for everyone – hehe!
Don’t worry about the blog award nominations. They are the Ponzi scheme of the blogosphere and people shouldn’t pass them on. If one comes with monetary reward attached, grab it with both hands.
I liked the tooth story. I often have trouble just finding my own let alone sorting out a bucketful.
Thanks Tom – you have advised me wisely on this award predicament before. I guess I just didn’t want to be ungracious but yes it is chainletterishly debilitating for me at the moment. Very glad you can find your teeth! Juliex
Hilarious! Love this story! Started my day with a laugh.
This time difference takes a bit of adjusting – I’m going to bed and you are having your morning coffee – ha!
Hahaha! So funny!
But is sure makes a funny story. I cannot keep up with the awards – so I just thank the person bestowing the honour and leave it at that – I am just not organized enough for the rules, yet so many others embrace it and do it up right. I have to just let it go — it made me feel so guilty–but I am almost over it now.
Me too!
My MIL did exactly the same thing with the false teeth. I wonder how often it has happened.
Brenda in the Boro
Hahaha!
priceless – they must have loved you on that ward!
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You are the best Julie!!! Definitely a soul sister … Sounds like do much a pickle I’d get myself into too;)🌻xo
I don’t think you would be so silly!
😉 Gotta get all the sillies I can manage these days — I have my moments — today some improvement – even got to see ocean for 30 minutes ~ YAY! xxoo
Oh so glad about the ocean, Robyn!
I know was a risk – even though hardly walked on sand – but had to get out of here — was mental medicine! xo
So glad you could at least get out there for awhile. Oh Robyn!
oh my gosh!!!! that is just too funny my friend………..made me laugh for sure
O-Jules darling you are too, Too funny!
I love that you admitted to us about the false teeth. Not sure I would have the courage. \
You Rock Miss Jules of Birdland ~ BB
Thanks BB!
So funny! Thanks for making me laugh. Don’t worry about the awards, if people give them genuinely, from the heart, they will also accept simple, thank you. 🙂
Ok – that’s reassuring.
What a great story! It’s sure to keep me giggling throughout the day. 🙂
How stupid was I!
My mother was the only one of her six siblings to still have her own teeth when she turned 30. Her brother, my Uncle Sonny (short for Arthur Garfield Cleveland Smith Junior) used to say that he wanted to get everyone together with a wash tub full of water – they could all bob for teeth.
🙂 Don’t worry about the awards – I haven’t figured out how to handled those either.
Yes they used to rip everyone’s teeth out during that era.
That’s hysterical!
It was traumatic at the time!
That’s a hillarious story! Ok so my mom had to get false teeth even before I was born but she never told us her teeth weren’t real. Once when I was about 7 or 8 I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. My mom’s teeth were in a glass on the counter. Never having even heard of false teeth I screamed. My mom came running into the bathroom, sans teeth, with that caved in look and I screamed again – even louder! Fun times.
Your story is even more hilarious!
well now, yes, but then not so much hahaha
Well, the teeth story made me chuckle!
I was severely reprimanded at the time!
Your hot potato award is the best of them all, because we don’t have to pass it on .. and we don’t have to write 6 or 7 things about ourselves. I have never understood why we nominate somebody when that means that they got the award. Why don’t we call it that we give the award to.
I’m bad as you – collect them and nothing else happens.
I hope that the teeth got back to their rightful owners *laugher – brilliant – my last laugh for today. Good Night from Sweden.
I agree – am going to send the hot potato to my awarders as soon as I find them!
So funny! 😀 I can just see them all trying on the teeth to see which ones are theirs!
I’ve received a lot of awards and have now lost count. I don’t really want to write a page thanking people because now I’m worried I’ll miss someone out. But I always go back to the person who awarded me and look at all their nominees. I think that’s what it’s all about so I hope I’m doing the right thing 😦
Yes, hard to keep up but that’s a good idea!
Ok the false teeth story was funny……………….
Oh, my goodness. That is SO funny!
Not at the time!
Oh dear!
~ Lynda
I got into so much trouble!
I was thinking you had…
I suppose now would be a good time to insert one of those awful cliches, about learning experiences or something? But I won’t. ‘-)
oh, Julie. Oh, my. Still laughing but also cringing in sympathy.
I was not blessed with common sense!
Hilarious tooth story! It wouldn’t be as funny if it were a joke.
And I’m one of those “annoying” people who recently gave you an award. Feel free to acknowledge it or not.
Not annoying at all – I am just a bit disorganized – sorry! I felt honoured.
I hope they all laughed about it! Eventually.
The matron didn’t!
Gosh, the poor Tooth Fairy must have had a heart-attack! Nowadays they have the patient’s name stamped on them. 🙂
Good idea!
What a great story! I can just imagine everyone trying the teeth for size and fit. 😆
I’m sure it did not seem funny at the time – but it is a quite hilarious story now!
Love the ‘chopper caper’…must have been a hoot seeing all those toothless souls crying for their chops. Awww, Unruly, only you!
I was in so much trouble – people had the wrong teeth for a few days until it got sorted!
I should not laugh, but I can’t help it. I still laugh at my dad when he wakes in the morning sans teeth and begins talking that mumbled shuffling talk of the toothless. I’m sure that was not your best moment at work, but makes for one hell of a memory!
Funny! Hey I just sent you a message on FB
I know and i sent you one too….seconds after yours. what do you do, write and run???
oh! I’ll go back to fb now – am not good at doing 2 things at once ha!
THAT is sooooo not true! lol
What a riot… yeah, we can laugh now… I bet it was NOT funny back then… Oh Julie! 🙂
Dreadful!
Is that the nursing home version of dropping all the cars keys into a bowl? 😉
Maybe an alternative name for the ‘Hot Potato Award’ could be the ‘Denture Endowment’ in memory of all the old folk whose fangs you mixed up.
Gross and hilarious in equal measure!