Eleven years ago, Paul Bishop in Spain accidentally spit his third teeth drunk into a rubbish bin - now the Brit has got them back in the mail.
The teeth were sent to him from Spain, the 63-year-old told the PA news agency on Thursday.
"It was a drinking day with the buddies," Bishop said.
When his friends moved on, he quickly downed his drink - and threw up.
In the next pub, his buddies would have noticed that the teeth were missing.
They were still looking for it - but without success.
Bishop spent the rest of the holiday in Benidorm without mandibles.
Back in England, he bought a replacement for 600 pounds (currently 712 euros).
But now he suddenly got the original back.
A strange package arrived in Stalybridge near Manchester on Wednesday, Bishop reported.
"I thought someone was joking." But an attached letter said he was identified from a match in a DNA database he voluntarily registered for years ago.
He was then located with the help of the British cultural institute, the British Council - although he had moved three times since the incident.
The Manchester Evening Standard newspaper published the letter.
"I'm amazed someone took the time to track me down and send them to me," Bishop said.
“They have clearly been cleaned.
They are in perfect condition.” He now wants to exhibit the teeth in his local clubhouse (“It was a club outing”) – and send a thank you to Spain.
Bishop may also be responding to another hint in the letter: he should be more careful next time.