Breaking news: Hannah and Lauren both appear to have wobbly teeth!
There’s a distinct lack of rigidity to the lower front teeth of each twin. Further news here as it breaks.
In the meantime, the girls are well prepared for this momentous occasion. They have both acquired (either as gifts or via pocket money) small pink sparkly tooth containers which appear to be compliant with known EU tooth fairy regulations. They’ve also been dropping plenty of tips to make sure the tooth fairy doesn’t mistakenly use 1970s tooth pricing guidelines in the 21st century.
Lauren: Zosha’s lost TWO teeth! And she got two pounds from the tooth fairy!
Us: What, two pounds for each tooth? Or two pounds for both of them?
Lauren: (pensively) Actually, I think it was twenty pounds.
Hannah: Yeah, twenty pounds!
Us: Per tooth? (well what the hell…)
The inflation rate amongst children is staggering. It’s a very volatile market.
(This is why the Tooth Fairy isn’t getting an invitation to our house. Kids are expensive enough without paying for things falling out of their heads.)
A whole pound?! Shocking. It was 10p, or 20p for a big back tooth in my day!
True, Kate, I remember it well. But to be fair, remember too that back then a comic cost about 10p too (current price: £7.50) and a gobstopper cost a penny (now £3499 on the road). I remember, when I started at university, my Dad saying that rent of £25/week was shocking, because in his day it had cost half a crown a decade. I think we’re all sliding rapidly into the “eeh-when-I-were-a-lad” generation without even realising it. :-\
I hope converter is correct, 2 pounds equals close to 3.5 US dollars, and 20 pounds = 36 US dollars.
CUTE !!!! The girls “going for the gold” from 2 to 20 pounds. Sits the stage for their future teeth prices.
That sounds about right, Cindy! £20 would normally buy you a couple of CDs or something like that. The girls, as yet, have little concept of the value of money.