Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

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The Cabinet of Doctor Ceysar

Just back from the dentist’s.

And how's Mrs Zombie?

Mr B. had warned me that Dr Ceysar did not have much a bedside manner, which was fine by me since I never really enjoyed chatting to the dentist with an anaesthetized jaw.

- So did you have a good holiday?

- ggshugnbr bevvfrna shuhptuh

- Yes, I’m sure it must be lovely at this time of year.

Instead I got

- Pain where?

- Ah! (sounding pleasantly surprised)

- Have you ever had root canal work on this tooth?

The horror!


He’s booked me
for a triple session next Thursday.

  • http://syvwlch.blogspot.com Mathieu

    Ayeeeeee!

    Run away :@

  • http://sigcarlfred.blogspot.com/ Sigmund, Carl and Alfred

    I second Mathieu’s remark.

    Was the triple session the dentist’s idea or yours?

  • http://riabacon.blogspot.com Ria

    Mutual consent.