Grinning
This morning I stepped out of the shower and this bathroom was fine: white walls, white tiles, sink and counter with toothpaste crusted all over. Three out of the four lightbulbs over the mirror were still good — 100 watt, clear bulb, blinding bright in the small white room. Like always I was late, so I skipped shaving. She liked it when I didn’t shave, anyway. I was thinking about doing mutton chops. She’d get a kick out of that. I passed the mirror and noticed I was grinning. I didn’t even know I was grinning.
I’m in the bathroom tonight before bed and there’s something wrong with the lights. All three are on again but they glow kind of brown and don’t really light up the rest of the room. I should get more bulbs from the kitchen. I should, but I’m busy. The date was shit and she shut her apartment door on me. You’d think that would wipe off the stupid grin from this morning. But I came back in the bathroom and, in the mirror, my face was still doing it. If I touch my face it doesn’t feel like a grin, but there it is in the mirror.
In the brown light it’s hard to make out but — have you ever actually counted how many teeth show when you smile? I lean in close. One, two, three, four — I didn’t know my mouth was so wide. Nine, ten, eleven — I can’t do mutton chops after all. The corners of my lips are out to my ears. It still doesn’t feel like a grin. But keep counting, for curiousity. Thirty-six. Thirty-seven. Thirty-eight.
Weird, not exactly creepy. It seems this has left a bit off the end, there seems to be a little too much missing to be intentinoal. I cant figure whats with the lights, and the mirror…is there a connection im not seeing?
just in case you cant figure for yourself, i meant, intentional, not intentinoal
@ufm – It’s possible that was cut off, though it was submitted to me that way. I got the impression that it was sort of intentionally vague, so that whatever was causing the strange light and grinning could be left to our imaginations. That’s only my theory, though.
If anyone discovers a longer version of this, feel free to let me know, though.
I like it just the way it is. I don’t know why everyone seems to have issues with monsters sitting in your imagination, rather than needing to be explained in detail.
The scariest things are the ones that go on unexplained, with a million horrific possibilities.
It’s left way too open ended to be creepy but it’s interesting.
Hello.
Mirrors are captivating. I love mirrors. Humanity loves them too.
But only when the light is sufficiently blinding.
Human society is always afraid of seeing deeper than the superficiality of the flesh.
Human society is afraid to see something it doesn’t want to see.
How I love to show them.
Darkness is unveiling.
In Darkness, the secrets of the mind spill forth like the humours of a cracked egg.
How I love to show them.
I liked this one even tho it wast creepy
Hello.
There are only 32 teeth in the adult human mouth.
Thank you for your time.
Hey! It’s the Chesire Cat!
wasnt this already posted before
Woo! I submitted this one. That’s actually how I found it, too. It does seem a bit incomplete.
Mr. Betterdone, I think the person who wrote this knew the adult mouth has only 32 teeth. Just to let you know.
I personally think this would have been a little more creepy if say the story ended with only half of the last number, such as ‘thiry-eig…’ to perhaps imply a terrible end for the writer.
Then again, who would have wrote it then?
Hello.
Miss Emogirl, I’d like to point out first of all that I’m not a ‘mister’, and second that I was making the statement for the better of those who were confused by the post.
Thank you for your time.
Oops sorry for the gender confusion.
“Have you ever counted how many teeth there are when you smile? One, two, skipafew…”
Sorry.
COCKMONGLER!!!!!
An adult human only has 32 permanent teeth, and if you count the wisdom teeth that is still only 36, I think that is what they were going for
I think the person is a skeleton. Makes sense right? skeletons always look like they’re grinning.. and thats why you would be able to see all your teeth. Also it would make sense that the person’s date would shut the door on them, amirite? Now the 38 teeth doesnt make sense, could be a writer’s error though as most people woudlnt know exactly how many teeth you have in your mouth.
One tooth for every victem
Lights? Think of the dentists chair
I enjoyed this. I disagree with Comment Leaver, however. I think it is just vague enough to be creepy.
Also, Mr Welldone’s first appearance was intriguing, but all of the things following it are kind of irking.
I agree. The Mr. Welldone act is pretty tired/lame. Like, you’re on an internet forum, come on.
Yeah, Mr. Welldone is being a smidge pretentious.
I’m just not informed enough to feel this is a possible reality. Most of what makes these stories creepy is that they’re in some ways plausible. It just leaves too much to the imagination. But it is a good idea. ^^
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Is it bad when youre more interested in the little disscussion after the creepy pasta rather than the creepy pasta itself?
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Miss Betterdone?
Well someone has some competition.
O.o I’v got 29 teeth.
Normies be afeared.
Coulda been a bit less vague.
Mr. Welldone is part of the EXPERIENCE.
Let him be.
I enjoy his insights. They’re almost part of the story.
This is one of those anecdotes that gets creepier the more you think about it. I liked it…ten minutes later.
“Mr. Welldone is part of the EXPERIENCE.”
No, he just kind of tries to come in and be creeeeeeepy and ~*mysterious*~
And his ‘insights’ are just trying-too-hard-to-sound-intelligent pieces of nothing.
this is just one happy guy, why else would he be grinning?
This kind of reminds me of the new take on the Joker.
“Why so serious?”
The impression I got was that his grin was inhuman and huge…like cartoonishly large. Which would indeed be creepy as fudge to see on a guy in RL. I give it a 6/10.
What competition?
Heeheehee?
The person formally known as ‘noneya’: No it’s not.
And I do believe that the whole point of the tooth-counting was to show inhumanity.
Also, I’ve personally known people to have upwards of 40 teeth in their head at once. My mother had to have eight teeth total removed for her mouth to be in the correct configuration of 32, and most people have their wisdom teeth removed, leaving a grand total of 28 teeth. I have 27, as my right canine has refused to grow in at all. It’s been around six years.
Just saying, dental anomalies are possible, and not all that uncommon. This is why we have dentists.
Mr.Welldone and Maran Doll are same person.
He doesn’y need a reach toothbrush!
@Darlene:
I am offended by your assumption.
Yup.
As LMLYUT said that he/she knew of a person who had 40 teeth in their head. Maybe the person in the story was cutting his mouth open exposing all the teeth that he had. I think that is a good explanation?
I concur, Darlene.
I like what brian sun. said about it being a skeleton, but for some reason this one doesn’t quite hit the mark I think it was supposed to. Sure the thing about too many teeth may be creepy but not in this case.
I liked this one… I took it as another mirror-related your-reflection-is-evil creepypasta. It doesn’t feel like a grin when he touches his face because he isn’t actually grinning. His reflection is.
The majority of you people don’t seem to understand this creepypasta. As for the few who actually do, I applaud you. The simplicity and vagueness of the story I think helps it to be creepier and many of you don’t seem to understand he isn’t the one grinning. And the reflection in the mirror, is most likely not his reflection, or even human. I’m not sure if any of you seemed to understand when the character in the story commented on how wide the grin is; which would be inhumanly possible. And the cut off at the end I think makes the story even better. The naivety of the character I think is an interesting aspect as you think it will be even worse when he finally realizes the person in the mirror isn’t himself. This creepypasta I believe is very well written and very will executed.
Hello.
Maran Doll, you have my utmost sympathies.
I do not ride Maran Doll’s flesh, and were I to choose to do so, I assure you all that Maran Doll would be wholly unaware of such an intrusion.
No. I am not Maran Doll.
I am Mr. Welldone.
“I do not ride Maran Doll’s flesh, and were I to choose to do so, I assure you all that Maran Doll would be wholly unaware of such an intrusion.”
My God, you’re annoying.
‘My, grandmother, what big teeth you have’ Said Red Riding Hood.
‘All the better to eat you with, my dear’ came the reply.
I like it.
Good story, and slow down Cara! Everyone has there OWN interpretation of things, that’s what makes us individuals…and mirrors ARE reality once removed. The skeleton idea works. His mirror image grinning works. Open ended stories work so well BECAUSE they are left to one’s imagination. Ever seen Hitchcock or The Twilight Zone?
I didn’t read all of the comments, so I’m not sure if someone already suggested this-Is it possible that the man’s face is cut ear to ear like The black dahlia? and he’s dead but doesnt realize it?
id like to meet this grinning faggot and kick his ass
it seems like the persons mouth was cut from ear to ear…
but wouldnt he notice it unless either he himself did it out of insanity…or he is insane and didnt notice.
Wow, all of that flew right over my head.
D:
do you pay extra at the dentist?
I’m glad some people like the pasta, and I’m also glad that it’s spawned this much of a discussion. At first I was unsure about submitting it, but I can see now that it was good idea. Carry on, loves. I do so enjoy seeing your point of view on these things…
This story was okay. It didn’t leave too much of an inpression and i don’t understand the connection with the lights. But my interpretation of this is that the guy wasn’t really grinning, but his evil reflection was, and each tooth is each victim of the reflection.
Holy shit, I do like santi21xx’s interpretation on this.
Erm.
For some reason, I got Jon Arbuckle in my head as the grinning man in the mirror, and it ruined this for me. Sorry. D:>
Of course, there’s always the possibility of the Joker’s Chelsea Smile, slitting the face from ear to ear across the jaw…
i think he is a skeleton
Howdy.
I once farted in church.
It was devilishly rank.
I made the gentleman behind me puke.
Also, human society is afraid of the
dark. I am mysteriously devilish.
Welldone… you know, smiting people with lightning, whilst something that was only really done in the days of the old Testament, is still one of my many abilities.
…Right now, I’m getting the itch to bring it back into use…
Mr. Feelgood, parody=win.
the comments were better than the story…-yawn-
i don’t care about the character, or his bajillions of teeth…
ever stopped to think that perhaps he is not human at all?
he never once said that he had too many teeth in his mouth…
he could be an alien with hundreds of teeth…
that is all.
if i open my mouth wide, i have 30 teeth. That must REALLY HURT to have 38 then.
Damnit I was just about to shower when i read this, now I have to check myself when I get out, make sure i have the RIGHT number of teeth
Why so serious?
After counting your teeth, widen your eyes and jauntily say, “I’ll suck your cock!”
I only have 27 :’(
I only have 27 :’(
28 here! Wahoo!
I also don’t have my wisdom teeth…showing
all of you who can’t find a story captivating unless it ends “AND THEN MONSTERS.” need to broaden your horizons a bit. for real.
People have a hard time understanding even the simplest of creepypastas. Ok, for those who did not get it. The reflection is not him, but some sort of monster pretending to be him and mimicing most of his actions. It says in the pasta that when he feels his mouth, it doesn’t feel like a grin, even though that is what’s reflected. As for the teeth thing, no normal human has that many teeth. It’s a bit of the monster showing through the illusion.
Some of you people are really dense. If everything isn’t spelled out for you, you don’t have a clue. The best creepypastas are usually vauge too.
Lemme finish this for everyone:
Thirty-Nine. Fo-.. AND THEN MONSTERS!
BUT WHO WAS SO SERIOUS?
ill take this opportunity, how come nobody else did this?..
WHO WAS JOKER?
@4 imagination isnt seeing thigns that arent there,its revealing what truly is.
I like this one. It’s subtle. And terrifying.
Whatever’s in the mirror . . .it ain’t him.
((finishes story))
i kept counting, OMG!
i suddenly realized, I HAD GUM DISEASE!!!!
@People who think its skeleton
LOL NO!
aint it obvious?
Its a clown disguised as him. And he just wants somebody to cuddle with. :3
Man. I’m caught between amused and ticked that the worst creepypasta I ever wrote is the one that’s been reposted the most.
BUT WHO WAS TEETH?
I’m gonna lump myself in with the people who also thought his mouth was sliced from ear to ear.
I only have 28 teeth .w.
THEN WHO WAS SERIOUS???
reminds me of that pasta that if your reflection is smiling at you, it’s going to switch places with you and you’ll be the reflection or something to that effect.
Teeth are really creepy to me, so not a bad pasta.
Isn’t it obvious he just cut his face up? How else would he grin to his ears?
I have 30 teeth. On the bottom I have 16 and 9 are on the right side…
This one was one of the creepiest pasta I’ve ever read, even until now. Even when I read for the first time and didn’t quite get it, it creeped me out. For the second time, I had problems to sleep. That’s what I gain for reading creepy stuff at 2AM in a dark room…
Anyway, these short ones are generally better than the longer ones. The swiftness and the open endings trick with the mind. And the wide smile… it’s just creepy…
When I first read this I thought that he turned in to some kind of wolfish monster that had many, many teeth.
This has always been my favourite pasta.
Gorw the mutton chops, get your teeth capped and pointed, and then get adamantium implants.
I’ll mongle your cock!
Personally it think that it has to do with something being on the other side, or inside of the mirror, staring back.
Possibly hungry.
Damn it, after reading hours of these I know I will have to sleep with the lights on.
this reminded me of smile.jpg actually
I loved this one; it was able to be creepy even without mentioning gore or strange evil creatures. Very cleverly done, but perhaps a little too subtle for the majority of people. I don’t believe a lot of people know the standard is 32 teeth and this was the clever touch to the story. Maybe the author should’ve ended at forty? But that may have been overdoing it a bit too much.
Maybe a less vague sentence could help this, but I cannot think of one right now.
Definitely one of my favourites though.
To those of you who might be confused: Take a look at the picture that accompanies this story over on ED’s creepypasta page.
lol, this one made me grin too….wait….it feels like im grinning but im not…whats hap-
This guy’s a genius. Instead of getting a new toothbrush, he simply got a flip-top head. I always wondered if anyone actually did that
You people don’t understand. The figure in the mirror is a beast of horror. It is grinning, and it looks just like him. Every tooth he counts he leans into the mirror more and more, until this thing can finally reach out and take him. When you lie around, bored, and count something, don’t you try counting them all? You get mesmerized. Count every letter in this post, and tell me you don’t get a feeling of being hypnotized.
;.; This brought up memories of the time I saw my reflection when I was younger. I kept on looking away from the mirror and back at it, seeing if I could scare myself. On one of the attempts, I slowly made myself smile, and once my smile was as wide as can be, the reflection suddenly looked evil. The eyes… They were full of hateful glee, and the grin was a little wider than it should have been
I jumped back and flailed in the air at that. I haven’t had it happened since, but god damnit, if that ever happens again, I may have to shatter the reflective surface
And crap, now I feel a grin creeping on my face ;.; And the black background lets me see my reflection in the screen ;.;
the creepier things are those left to our own disturbed imagination. it’s perfect the way it is.
i imagine his reflection is trying to eat him…
Sharks have 38 teeth.