I’m sorry you got shafted, but the idea of swallowing a tooth gives me the heebie-jeebies.
— A comment from Martha in response to my post about swallowing a baby tooth in kindergarten and therefore being denied my tooth money
Martha’s comment is very similar to the in-person reaction I got from Davy. What is so creepy about swallowing a tooth?
One hypothesis I have is that the thought of teeth in any part of the body besides the mouth makes us think of parasitic unborn twins, who, as we all know, are either evil or disturbingly mistaken for tumors.
