"Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message news:<UpSAa.363$t6.145@news1.dion.ne.jp>...
> Derek Smallsbury wrote:
> 
> > The British and Japanese are well known for their conceitedness.
> > Unlike their American counterparts they spend vast sums of money
> > investing in dental engineering to shuffle their teeth around so as to
> > correct natures imperfections.
> 
> Really? I thought both the Japanese and British were more reluctant than
> their American counterparts to spend money on correcting their teeth, which
> is why they have picked up the reputation for "bad teeth".

Excuse me, but I was born with perfect teeth alignment and I didn't need any braces.