If I recall, Red meant bloodletting, White meant teeth, Blue meant haircuts.
The Joe Rogan interview with Lindsey Fitzharris was a lot of fun. (also the interviews with elon musk, john carmack)
I'm not sure that can be right, because I think blue's only used in the USA. (At least, I only see it with blue in emoji; in England they're red and white. Amusing if it is though, and the only still-relevant colour has been lost here!)
> In Renaissance-era Amsterdam, the surgeons used the colored stripes to indicate that they were prepared to bleed their patients (red), set bones or pull teeth (white), or give a shave if nothing more urgent was needed (blue).
My father said he was very sorry he'd done that - no matter how bad his teeth were, they were better than dentures.
I remembered that story when I was 21 and the dentist wanted to pull all my wisdom teeth. I asked him what was wrong with them. He said nothing, but they were in a difficult spot to clean and I'd lose them by the time I was 30 from rot.
I changed dentists.
I'm old now, and my wisdom teeth are the healthiest teeth in my mouth :-)
I have no trouble believing anyone went to any lengths to look good
> Several dentists have told me that in industrial districts a person over thirty with any of his or her own teeth is coming to be an abnormality. In Wigan various people gave me their opinion that it is best to get shut of your teeth as early in life as possible. 'Teeth is just a misery,' one woman said to me. In one house where I stayed there were, apart from myself, five people, the oldest being forty-three and the youngest a boy of fifteen. Of these the boy was the only one who possessed a single tooth of his own, and his teeth were obviously not going to last long.
I look at those photos and wonder if something similar wouldn't be a nice benefit for newly minted pro hockey players.