Re: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

In article <FKhOj.10979$yD2.4572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bosslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jette) wrote:

Which one was Bernie Taupin talking about when he wrote "My sister
looks cute in her braces and boots, a handful of grease in her
hair"
in the song Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting?

Lady alone knows - he's kind of weird <g>

Probably the clothing item - he's describing a typical "bovva
boot" gang girl.

Conversely, I remember hearing an American song on the radio in the
sixties - I think it was by Allan Sherman - referring to a girl wearing
braces, and wondered why she was wearing something men usually wear to
keep their trousers up.

American popular culture seems to suggest that teeth braces are a lot
more common in the US than they are in the UK. I don't recall seeing
anyone wearing them throughout my entire school career. However, I do
recall that my own dentist was thinking that maybe I might need a brace
on my upper teeth to straighten out a crooked front tooth, a
mis-alignment that had been made worse by an accident when I tried to
demonstrate a principle of mechanics using a garden spade.
.

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