Where has all the Wisdom gone?

Some say it’s horizontal,

Some say it’s inclined

Makes you wonder

Oh, am I divined?

Pretends to being aural

It’s nothing short of a battle

The more you whined

Came the babbles of the opined!

Reminiscing college days bring back a few memories, a few hardships that were the “talk of the days”. One such thing I can recollect is the heavily hyped wisdom teeth issue! While some spoke of being the wisest for having grown all 4 (of course, them getting them operated and removed the very next day is a completely different story altogether!); some others were happy being called un-wise and speaking boldly of having none.

What’s it about these teeth anyway is something I’ve never really caught on. While they are a big pain in the gums (literally) while they make way to see the mouth’s upper cavity; a bigger pain when discovered that their roots aren’t normal; and reach the pinnacle of pains when they have to be removed (not mentioning the huge numbers dentists like writing in slips they like to call bills); there’s nothing right about them being called “wisdom” teeth…So, why not think about names they can be called by?

· The not-so-wise teeth (but obvious)

· Pain teeth (duhh!)

· Teeth which pinches the pockets (what was I thinking??)

· Accommodating teeth (come’ on, they grow in such small gaps!)

· Dentist’s jackpot (those bills are surely as good as a lottery!)

· Owners’ false pride (the deformed faces after surgery says it all!)

· Non owners’ true pride (right, you knew this was coming!)

· The unwelcome teeth (ok, can’t you see I’m running out of ideas!)

All right, that’s that. Just in case there was a blurry feeling you’ve had, I’m sure you’ve had wisdom teeth; so, read this carefully and recall…But remember, call it anything you like; just don’t call them wisdom teeth!