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Claim for a missing tooth

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Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by chrisweekly »

chupasaurus wrote: post #20
Willingham wrote: post #8

Absolutely love the work done here! Only change I would make is change "rubber" to "eraser" to help more English speaking children understand the content (:

Even in Soviet textbooks for English in elementary schools (which are garbage by any standard) both variants were presented (:

I have a TEFL certificate (Teacher of English as a Second Language) and I'm a native speaker and avid reader -- and this was the first time I ever encountered "rubber" as a synonym for "eraser". The benefit of the latter term is it's unambiguous and easily understood.

Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by egypturnash »

TZubiri wrote: post #10

Very creative and well executed. When I was like 6 a friend choked me and I swallowed my tooth. I was very sad because the tooth fairy ("ratón perez") would not pay me :( But thankfully I found a note notifying me that they found my tooth and reimbursing me :) So I see where the idea came from, but I wouldn't ever had imagined this bureocratic twist

This note has horrifying implications. Did the tooth fairy go spelunking in your stomach and/or intestine? Are they sieving your sewer pipes for teeth just in case?

They must really want those teeth bad.

Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by avs733 »

matteason wrote: post #2

I made this, thanks for sharing it! Backstory is here: https://bsky.app/profile/seamas.bsky.social/post/3lkigjm7sk2... ...and here: https://bsky.app/profile/matteason.me/post/3lknf6qfsek2p tl;dr Séamas O'Reilly wrote a column in The Observer about faking a government reimbursement form for his son, who had swallowed a tooth and was worried about whether the Tooth Fairy would pay up if the tooth couldn't be put under…

My hope, and the hope of the six other parent friends I just sent this to, is that this will still be up in a few years.

Made my and several friends evenings. Thanks.

Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by avs733 »

rob_c wrote: post #9
Willingham wrote: post #8

Absolutely love the work done here! Only change I would make is change "rubber" to "eraser" to help more English speaking children understand the content (:

Given the source of truth is British English, the maths says no.

Given the (highly memed) state of dental health in the UK it seems reasonable they would be responsible for this.

Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by pavel_lishin »

This is very cool.

My daughter was very worried that she might lose her tooth and swallow it, so I told her that the sewer mermaids have an agreement with the tooth fairy, and they'd deliver the tooth to her, and then she would deliver the money.

My child didn't buy it, but maybe ya'll's will be more believing :p

Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by pavel_lishin »

Karellen wrote: post #26
matteason wrote: post #13

Really glad everyone's enjoying this! If anyone does use it with their kids: a) There's a sneaky secret admin page linked at the bottom ('Change settings') where you can set a price-per-tooth and add a custom question for them to answer: https://tf230.matteason.co.uk/admin b) Please send me a copy of their answers, I'd love to see their drawings! There's a download link on the confirmation page and you can email me a…

Can't believe no-one else has made a comment about how great the form id "230" (tooth-hurty) is, yet. Bravo.

I hope that Peter, Caitlin and Leslie aren't reading this - if you are, STOP IT.

One of the minor villains in my D&D campaign is a literal living nightmare - one of three. Each one is named after a time of night when they appear, and this one is named 2:30 - because he really likes the nightmare where your teeth all fall out.

He's the spookiest one of them all, but the least dangerous.

Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #35

This is very cool. My daughter was very worried that she might lose her tooth and swallow it, so I told her that the sewer mermaids have an agreement with the tooth fairy, and they'd deliver the tooth to her, and then she would deliver the money. My child didn't buy it, but maybe ya'll's will be more believing :p

Sewer mermaids does strain credibility a bit, you have to admit. The human-scale rabbit which delivers gifts in eggs is far more credible.

Re: Claim for a missing tooth

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Post by mbreese »

matteason wrote: post #12
LeoPanthera wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since it's a spoof of gov.uk, "rubber" is correct!

Oh god I knew this would be contentious I've just changed it to 'eraser' but actually I should make it conditional on your navigator.language...

I applaud your commitment to this bit. Thank you for making the world a nicer place.
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