"It's all fun and games until someone loses a…

“It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye” is a typical saying mothers make to children before they go out to play. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth. Then it’s hockey” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.

“It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth. THEN IT’S HOCKEY!” chrissy the bar maid’s T shirt” was posted on the newsgroup alt.callahans on March 29, 2002. “It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth…then it’s hockey!!” was posted on Twitter by Paul on April 27, 2009. “It’s all fun and games til someone loses a tooth. Then it’s HOCKEY!” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by The Hockey Shop at Mild to Wild on February 9, 2014.

Google Groups: alt.callahans
Question for Fax
Denaldo
Mar 29, 2002, 10:20:39 PM
(...)
“It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth.
THEN IT’S HOCKEY!” chrissy the bar maid’s T shirt.
http://users2.ev1.net/~dennisdillow/

Newspapers.com
19 December 2002, New Utah Pleasant Grove Review (Pleasant Grove, UT), pg. 2, col. 5:
“It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth; then it’s hockey!”—T-shirt

Twitter
Paul
@forces2
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth…then it’s hockey!!
1:29 AM · Apr 27, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Chris Everett
@chriseverett
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth; then it’s hockey!
9:59 PM · Jun 3, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Google Books
5,000 Sidesplitting Jokes and One-Liners
Compiled by Grant Tucker
New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing
2013
Pg, 213:
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth. Then it’s hockey.

Facebook
The Hockey Shop at Mild to Wild
February 9, 2014 at 10:00 AM ·
It’s all fun and games til someone loses a tooth. Then its hockey!
(“It’s all fun and games til someone loses a tooth. Then it’s HOCKEY!” is shown on an image.—ed.)

Facebook
Bridge Street Dental Centre
January 31, 2015 at 11:45 AM ·
It’s all fun and games until someone looses a tooth. Then its #Hockey! #MouthGuard #Dental
(“It’s all fun and games til someone loses a tooth. Then it’s HOCKEY!” is shown on an image.—ed.)

Twitter
GameDay Apparel Co
@gdapparelco
It’s All Fun And Games ‘Til Someone Loses A Tooth Then It’s Hockey Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt, MANY COLORS https://etsy.me/2WNFlR8 #etsy #funnyhockeyshirt #hockeygiftidea #itsallfunandgamestilsomeonelosesatooththenitshockey #gamedayapparelco #hockeymomlife #lovehockey
10:43 PM · Jun 16, 2019·Etsy

Twitter
Paws Puppy
@pawspuppyshop
It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses A Tooth Then It’s Hockey T-Shirt http://bit.ly/2snR2ER
3:21 AM · Nov 27, 2019·IFTTT

Twitter
Paws Puppy
@pawspuppyshop
#hashtag3 It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses A Tooth Then It’s Hockey T-Shirt https://pawspuppy.com/products/its-all-fun-and-games-until-someone-loses-a-tooth-then-its-hockey-t-shirt/
2:31 AM · Nov 9, 2020·SocialRabbit Plugin

Twitter
centralalbertacoffeenews
@centralalberta2
On the lighter side…
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a tooth.
Then, it’s hockey.
7:00 PM · Apr 23, 2022·Hootsuite Inc.

Facebook
Indian Hills Community Sign
May 28, 2022 at 1:01 PM ·
IT’S ALL FUN AND
GAMES UNTIL
SOMEONE LOSES
A TOOTH
THEN IT’s HOCKEY