4 Apr 2009

The Gender of the Tooth Fairy

I was reading my older posts the other day and realized something;
I always refer to the tooth fairy as "he".

Why did I think it's "he" in the first place?

I know why.

I learned about tooth fairies from Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live.

In that show, Eddie Murphy the Tooth Fairy complains that these days kids put Tic Tacs under their pillows to get coins, so when Eddie takes the fake teeth to the god he gets offended because he thinks Eddie is implying the god has bad breath.

Anyway, that's why the tooth fairy has always been male in my mind...