Tooth hurty
Mon 13th Aug 2007 by Ben Palmer.
We just spent a fabulous weekend in sunny Hampshire, staying with some friends. Just before we left Harry was playing with some of their neighbours outside with remote controlled car and a couple of bikes. One of the boys had a wobbly tooth, so thus ensued a parental conversation about how Harry still had all of his milk teeth, and about the Tooth Fairy's going rate.
I was informed that in the countryside it's a pound a tooth - yikes. I was then told that in London it's two pounds a tooth - bloody hell, that almost makes it worth selling mine.
This morning, bright and early, Harry came into my bedroom saying, "Look, Daddy, my tooth is wobbly."
I'll start saving hard now.
P.S. While there's still time; Londoners, please leave comments on the going rate for a tooth!
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I was woken in the early hours of this morning...
Ben, its alright, Charlie is very happy with a pound for his teeth, please don't up the stakes now!!!
Thanks, Fiona - I'm glad too hear it and I definitely won't be upping the stakes!
It's a quid! Or it was before I left the UK a year ago. It was 10p when I was little. A friend's husband (a banker) did some checking and at current rates, 10p would be worth £3.20, so we should be happy with a quid.
Pigx
You ought to move to the frozen North. We never got beyond 50p and that was only if the dentist had to remove it! 20p for all normal wobblies.
So, somewhere between 10p and £3.20! Sounds like a pound to me, though still no imminent visit from the tooth fairy, just wobbles. Thank you Pig in the Kitchen and @themill.
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