Man convinces wife to pull teeth, proceeds to feed her soup.
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 3, 2020 9:31am CST
Mr. Blau played "the meanest trick" that Judge Jonas had ever seen.
Mr. Blau was a cunning type of man who convinced his wife to pull out all her teeth and then refused to buy her dentures. His reasoning? It was cheaper to feed her soup than it was for him to buy dentures.
Well Mrs. Blau wasn't going to stand for that, she took her husband to court where she was not only rewarded two sets of dentures, but also "atleast one beef steak a week"
What would you have done if you were Mrs. Blau?
What if you were Mr. Blau? Would you refuse to abide the judges rule?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 20
I think she was brave to sue him. This was back in the 1920's, and I don't know that much about the era, but I feel like she could have easily been laughed out of the courtroom.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 20
@simone10 I guess the judge was a man ahead of his time. I feel like this was still very much in an era where women were trying to gain more rights, but they hadn't yet succeeded. It really wasn't until the first world war that women were given equal roles.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
4 Feb 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I was thinking the same thing. I'm really surprised the judge ruled in her favor.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 20
There wasn't much information given but I am thinking her teeth must have already been rotting out of her mouth. It was probably only a few teeth that needed to be pulled.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
3 Feb 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Poor woman, she was brave to go to court.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 20
@LadyDuck I think she was too. I wish we knew more about it.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
3 Feb 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes because I do not know how any woman could be so foolish as to listen to that numskull
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 20
It makes me wish we knew more.
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@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
10 Feb 20
Yeah I would have took him to court too.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Feb 20
She was brave to do it in that time period. I don't know all that much about the 1920's, but while I think women were standing up and demanding their own rights, it was still a tumultuous period. I just wonder if he ever did what the judge deemed him to do.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
3 Feb 20
I love all these old off the wall stories. Like this is hilarious, and sad all at the same time.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 20
I wish we knew more. Like, were her teeth rotting out already? Probably so. he probably convinced her to pull the last two or three or something.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
3 Feb 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum yeah there was probably some pre existing issue with her teeth. People don't just get teeth pulled unless there is a reason.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 20
@thislittlepennyearns Right, and I don't want to think about how she pulled them out. Back in those days I think that the barber was also the dentist. She probably did it at home though.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 20
I think that her teeth were already rotting out. She probably had very few teeth left when her husband suggested she pull them out.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Feb 20
@Nevena83 He wanted to be cheap and not pay for anything. He did not think she needed dentures, because soups were much cheaper.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
6 Feb 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Now I understand, but I don't understand why he didn't pay her a denture afterwards.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 20
Yes,I agree with you there. I'm not convinced that the man actually ended up buying her the steaks. The teeth? Sure, but I doubt he kept up with buying steak.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Feb 20
I think she should have left him, but this was the 1920's, women were beginning to fight for their rights, but it wasn't quite there yet.
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