Ria Bacon: editor & writer

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From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

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Leave the gun. Take the wasabi.

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I hadn’t planned it this way, it’s just that I had a sushi craving and then I started smearing on the wasabi and it came to me – a pre-emptive attack! If I’ve got to suffer jaw ache trying to hold my mouth open wider than it was ever intended, listen to that whining high-pitched drill, feel the grinding vibrations in my skull, smell the friction burns, almost choke on the water spray and my own blood, all while staring up into his nose?? Well he’s going to need a face mask, ‘cos when he gets a whiff of my wasabi, pickled ginger breath, he’s going to speed up the operation a bit.

Fisherman’s Friend, anyone?

Update: someone’d tipped him off. He already had the mask on when I arrived.

*aïe! aïe! aïe!*

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March 3rd, 2005 | Tags: , , , | Category: Miscellanea
  • kenju

    I really do wish I knew my dentist’s email address; I would send this to him in a heartbeat,not because I don’t like him, because he’d think it is funny.

    I have been to dentists, endodontists and periodontists and my dentist is far more preferable to the others!

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

    I suppose it is the thought that counts. Then again, I had the need to see an Irish dentist once.

    Like the song, ‘Unforgettable.’

  • http://yearofbeauty.blogspot.com/ A Touch of Style

    I think that I will put off my visit for a few more months. :)

  • http://www.armchairgenius.com armchairgenius

    Love the Godfather reference – very nice.

  • http://kiwiwala.blogspot.com/ Omykiss

    My dentist has an assistant who removes the choke-inducing water/blood combination with a kind of suction pump … all very nice .. except when it sucks in half your cheek as well … like an out-of-control vacuum cleaner ;)

  • http://syvwlch.blogspot.com Mathieu

    oooh, you must really hate him :)

  • http://madbecka.blogspot.com rainex

    What a good idea-but
    the dentist might just
    kill you-remember he’s
    the one with the drill!

  • http://jugglernaut.blogspot.com/ Jugglernaut

    You go, spice girl!

  • http://bluethrill.net/read/ Dave

    You just described every reason why I avoid going to the dentist.

  • blaze

    your dentist too might be lurking out here, frequently. like I do.