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Gold Tooth & Grillz: Turn On or Turn Off?

Written by Brown Shuga from the blog On A Style Tip on 17 Nov 2007
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And you expect me to kiss you looking like that?? Haa u must be phambaning...

Grillz, Gold Teeth or whatever you decide to call them, what possesses people to put those things in their mouths?

Okay, I know Dentists use gold for filling cavities and stuff but beyond medical reasons, why do people do this?
Is it stylish? Does it make you look like you got money?

With Hip Hop guys, it's all about being blinged up we know, but still, it's so not cute!

I know we all have different personal tastes & styles so for me, this is an absolute turn off and there is no way in hell I'm kissing/dating a guy with this in his mouth.
My younger sister has a gold tooth, I don't know why or how she got it but hayi shame, I don't like it, period.

Do you have a gold tooth/teeth?
If yes, then why do you have it?
Would you date a gal/guy with a gold tooth?

I honestly don't understand the whole gold tooth concept so please holla.

44 Comments

DJ Why why
18 Nov 2007 06:56

Mh! I feel you sistah! Do nt have a gold tooth maara once ALMOST dated a guy with one! He was sooooo cute and sweeet but cant say his gold tooth did nt bother me. My friends called him " gold toof .

Flo-Jo
18 Nov 2007 07:08

Yho Shugs....this was the in thing ka di nineties. It was a fashion statement in those dayz!!
Still, am no kissing anybody with those things.
One of my friends once dated a guy who had the L & the star shape on his front teeth and I asked her how she manages to kiss him like that, she was sooo pissed with me hey...

Msoe
18 Nov 2007 07:16

Ya! I feel you Flo-jo, this was the style sama 90's but i guess its HUGE oversease because you can hardly see a rapster not having those Bling Bling teeth. I gues NGARE uyi-hot shot uma unamazinyo ashaynayo but here....well its sooooooooo out of style, its like wearing i-Luther and wearing more than one chain in your neck.

chitty
18 Nov 2007 07:17

chitty
18 Nov 2007 07:23

Mh....gold tooth is a big no, no for me. It is not a turn on at all. Rather a turn-off. Back then, it would work, now? I dont think so. And while we are on this, can someone please tell Sebolelo Makoanyane that a big ear-ring like that on the nose is a bit 90s. Oh, and that over the top Walter Mokoena that not all spectacles cut it for TV. Who else? nxa, ba ya tena man these so called tv personalities.

DJ Why why
18 Nov 2007 07:25

......wearing more than one chain in your neck. Eish @ Msoe that was a hectic style still do nt like chains on brothers. The same applies to having all gold fingers, I once grabbed rings off my then boyfriend's fingers at some party. There was just no ways I was gonna be caught dead next to a Georgie Zamndela! He'd been hanging out with these shady guys and "voila" his fingers were also blinged up.

Toxic
19 Nov 2007 01:18

BIG NO NO!!!!!!!!!! BIG TURN OFF!!!!! NO CLASS WHATSOEVER!!!!!! Damn, people with a mouth full of gold should not be allowed to smile PERIOD

SuddenCute
19 Nov 2007 01:31

This is a total turn off...yhooooo bantu.. ppl r doing things hey,, imagine being kisd by that person (pic 1).... yaaaaaaak

Miss K
19 Nov 2007 01:36

No thank you very much!! Especiall i guys zase kasi with the 'L' shaped fake gold tooth! Hay khona u can call me shallow but i will NEVER date a guy with that.

monchooza
19 Nov 2007 01:39

the Gold tooth thing is so 198something, i wonder why people do it even to this very day

Dimago
19 Nov 2007 01:42

BIG NO NO!!!!!!!!!! BIG TURN OFF!!!!! NO CLASS WHATSOEVER!!!!!!
I'm definately in agreement with Tox on this one....hai!

I would NEVER date a guy with a gold tooth!! Even if its just one tooth...it just does not work!!! All those people who got caught up in the 90's when gold was it, should just take it out....

Annonymous
19 Nov 2007 01:52

MAJOR TURN OFF - even if it's just one, whether u-L, U, T or whatever, it's jus a turn off for mina. I just think that people that put these gold teeth are attention seekers. I believe in always maintaining natural look as often as possible, coz that's when we are most beautiul as human beings!!!

myname
19 Nov 2007 01:57

Turn off my baby

LM
19 Nov 2007 01:58

To think that I was hassling my parents for a gold tooth ko high school..I'm actually thanking them (silently) that they refused..period......n my younger sister always reminds of that.

I recently broken up with this guy onang le U and Full on front teeth, my gosh I didn't know how to tell him to get rid of those things....and he's very dark in complexion....even now I'm still confused..don't know whether it was love or pity....when he talks or smiles all u see is that yellow stufff!!!!

Digold kedintho tsa maphodisa and potchestroom guys

SuddenCute
19 Nov 2007 02:02

Digold kedintho tsa maphodisa and potchestroom guys he he he he he LM... lol.. do u mind explaining coz I dnt undstnd y u said the highlighted statement...lol or any1 who knows.. hi hi

J-Girl
19 Nov 2007 02:03

i agree with all of you, not in a million years will i be caught dead next to a man with an accessorized body...hai hai hai!!!
no offence bantu base KZN, but its like all these guys from KZN believe its Hot and I'm like WTF? eMlazi nixelelana ntoni na kanti

Earth
19 Nov 2007 02:04

Some time ago,ne ke ile ko spetlele to visit relative enngwe ya ka so,anyways,as I'm making my way to the gate,ke bona motho a atlhame mo godimo ga crate ya Coke,ba ntse ba kokotella something mo molomomg wa gage,so I decided to take a closer look,this dude,o tsenya gold,and motho a mo tsenyang gold,is some dude a apereng the celtics jersey!!!!!!!!I laughed so much neh!!!

Then some nurse says to the dude,"Ga o hetsa moo,o hle o tsene mo spatala klaar!!!(with a bloem accent)meaning once you are done,go straight to the hospital!!It had to be the funniest thing I've seen this year.....

Annonymous
19 Nov 2007 02:07

Yah, nami my ex boo has two of those (L & Full), but becoz I loved him so much, I overlooked that yellow stuff that I now hate with a passion..............hihihi......."things we do for love!!!!

Mmakwena
19 Nov 2007 02:08

i once wanted a gold tooth ka di 90's and i asked my mother if i can have it and she told me gore "no my girl you are not getting any" and her reason for that was "did you eva seen any beaty queen/contestants with a gold tooth/teeth"

now i know i didn't have any - thankz to my mother - but guyz imagine ** wait until you are called grandmother/father and the kidz across the street gives you funny names like - koko wa meno adigold or grandma with gold teeth <how hippocratic>. imagine

thumbs down for me -

Annonymous
19 Nov 2007 02:10

J-Girl, I agree with u about abantu base KZN nobucwebe, the thing is sometimes Durbanites are amathatha BIG TIME, sad but true,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and b4 u guys bite my head off..........nami ngingowakhona, but ke iqiniso iqiniso angithi?????

KeleFabulous
19 Nov 2007 02:22

my mother has one. she did it waayy back! i believe it was for dental reasons...

all the gold toothed guys can holla @ me! mz fabulous loves herself some gold! hi hi hi

Lex
19 Nov 2007 02:24

Iyoo,I cried so much when my mom told me I wasnt getting a GOLD.I just thought she was being mean,but now I cant stop thanking her everytime I see someone with a GOLD in their mouth :-)

Annonymous
19 Nov 2007 02:28

@ Kele, I hope ur mom's gold tooth is not is in the visible teeth at the front hey????

Annonymous
19 Nov 2007 02:31

I meant - is not in the visible teeth at the front hey????

witty lady
19 Nov 2007 02:34

hehehe!! shuu!! nam I had a gold tooth back in the days....ne ke le skhokho ka FULL GOLD!!
I don't have it anymore, I took it out quicker than you can say bling bling!!
what was I thinking ke kenya gold mara hee??
shuuu-eee!!

LM
19 Nov 2007 02:42

@ Suddencute: what I meant to say ke gore most policemen and women have gold teeth simply because their medical aid (BONITAS) didn't give them hassles when it came to accessorising their mouth/s.....I still don't know how the mistresses (female teachers) didn't join in the gold tooth thing.

Potch guys: All the guys I know from there (and sorrounding areas) have gold teeff.

pullie
19 Nov 2007 02:50

le ba ko rustenbug have gold teeff!

myname
19 Nov 2007 02:50

the 1st pic ingathi ndise Italian shop

witty lady
19 Nov 2007 02:55

@ Pullie hahahaha!! o bua nnete tlhe le nna I'm from there shuu!!

Golide all the way!!!

Mmakwena
19 Nov 2007 03:04

@Mymame - the 1st pic ingathi ndise Italian shop - kwa kwa kwa LOL, ya ungathi ndise Italian shop by the light fittings dpt.
we always get mugged in shopping centres or in the street for our bracelets, earrings, neckalaces and etc - did it ever happen to anyone gore they were also mugged ka kinip tang to take out the the gold teeffff- hai hai

babygirl cute
19 Nov 2007 03:20

Def Turn off!!!!
I would neva date a guy wit dat crap, sumtyms i wonder wat its like kissing a guy wit grillz?... and all the tym i cum up wit the same ansa....RUST!!! THATS WHY ITS A DEF TURN OFF FOR ME!
And you know these ghetto boys think nje its the ishht( they thank the heavens for medical aid)

mabhebheza
19 Nov 2007 03:40

Si.!!!!!!! Ra man*in Xhosa accent *
Gold jeeeeeeer!!!!!..angathi nizabethwa ngumbani xaliduduma nisa kisser
Big NO

KeleFabulous
19 Nov 2007 03:42

Nony ofcourse it's in the front. uya khohlwa ukuthi back then it was the in thing - kinda like ama piercings and tattos nowadays

Annonymous
19 Nov 2007 03:43

Yah hey Mabhebheza, uma izulu liduma these blingalings have to make sure they put sellotape in their mouths so that they do not get struck by lightning!!!!

Annonymous
19 Nov 2007 03:45

@ Kele, kushuthi yomama is a stylish mother, tell her Nonny says heita s'griza!!!

myname
19 Nov 2007 04:01

some bcoz of igunanti or chocolate teeth

Pooky
19 Nov 2007 04:27

@myname LOL @ igunanti
Izinyo le golide is a no no no no no(like destiny's child song)... maar i must confess ukuthi nami in the ninetees i wanted one with a passion... so glad i neva went through with it instead i pulled out my two from teeth coz it was inn back then nama coloureds to have i-gap .... jas joking he he he

vivacious
19 Nov 2007 09:16

I definately think that gold tooth r a serious turn of, i mean gold is sooo 1960's. Whats gonna happen when these people turn 80+, I wudn't want my grandparents 2 hav dem

vivacious
19 Nov 2007 09:16

I definately think that gold tooth r a serious turn of, i mean gold is sooo 1960's. Whats gonna happen when these people turn 80+, I wudn't want my grandparents 2 hav dem

vivacious
19 Nov 2007 09:16

I definately think that gold tooth r a serious turn of, i mean gold is sooo 1960's. Whats gonna happen when these people turn 80+, I wudn't want my grandparents 2 hav dem

vivacious
19 Nov 2007 09:16

I definately think that gold tooth r a serious turn of, i mean gold is sooo 1960's. Whats gonna happen when these people turn 80+, I wudn't want my grandparents 2 hav dem

DJ Why why
19 Nov 2007 09:42

There is this young beautiful new lady at work that had a mirror effect (L) = "_II_ " on the front teef, she has since removed both Ls.

Apparently she and himself did the blinging together. She was left with a gap and amazinyo atsolo (sharp teeth) on both edges. When i saw her I thought it was another case of an awkward dental formula! Maar things we do for love.

Gucci
20 Dec 2007 07:04

Just the picture splits Ma lungs out.

Kwa Kwa Kwa!!!

Oh My Gosh, I am laughing non-stop.

GOLDMEMBER...

JustMe
23 Dec 2008 11:17

Have you noticed that people with a gold tooth they don't close their mouth? Worse part is when it is on the side & they end up no mlomo o tsekile!!!

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