# Mad, am I? You won't say that when I've stolen ALL their teeth!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136 "2012-07-03T20:28:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/1 "2012-07-03T20:28:58Z")

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> Teeth Thief Hits Graves of Great Composers
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> Dentures of two of the world’s most famous composers have allegedly been stolen from their graves by a Slovak man who boasts of his crimes on YouTube saying he intends to use the purloined choppers to start a museum.

[http://gma.yahoo.com/teeth-thief-hits-graves-great-composers-115415070--abc-news-topstories.html](http://gma.yahoo.com/teeth-thief-hits-graves-great-composers-115415070--abc-news-topstories.html)

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/2 "2012-07-03T20:36:40Z")

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That bites!

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/3 "2012-07-03T20:41:00Z")

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“Holy molars, Batman!”  
“Yes, Robin. I fear this damnable denture deed bears the evil toothmarks of … The Incisor!”

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/4 "2012-07-03T21:50:55Z")

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I think this criminal has likely bit off more than he can chew.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/5 "2012-07-03T22:52:42Z")

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Having recently re-watched _Hogfather_, my first thought was what dastardly spell he thought he could cast.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/6 "2012-07-03T23:01:51Z")

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Of course he took them — they were DE-composing.

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**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/7 "2012-07-04T07:36:29Z")

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He’s not mad. He’s dental.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/8 "2012-07-04T10:45:51Z")

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\*“Professor, teeth do not belong in your pants!”

“Well, I can’t keep them in my mouth. They’re **nuclear-powered**!”\*

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-am-i-you-wont-say-that-when-ive-stolen-all-their-teeth/627136/9 "2012-07-04T10:48:52Z")

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I was sure this was going to be about some mad scientist trying to extract DNA from their pulp to clone great composers. But no, just a garden-variety freak stealing dentures.

How mundane.

😉
