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Post by everso on Jan 11, 2011 15:34:40 GMT
I've just been to the dentist for the first part of the fitting of a crown (broke my tooth eating walnuts). The dentist, the-lovely-Mr. Patel-who-is-very-good-looking, is arranging a second mortgage for me.
Trouble is at the moment my ear, jaw, lip and half my tongue are numb, and I'm speaking like that bloke from I, Claudius (without the head jerking of course) and I'm dying for a cup of tea.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 11, 2011 15:45:38 GMT
broke my tooth eating walnuts But walnuts are relatively soft inside, Ev. Surely you weren't trying to crack one with your teeth? A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, The more you beat them the better they be.
Fact.
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Post by everso on Jan 11, 2011 16:02:33 GMT
broke my tooth eating walnuts But walnuts are relatively soft inside, Ev. Surely you weren't trying to crack one with your teeth?A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, The more you beat them the better they be.
Fact. Actually, thinking about it, it was either a walnut or a hazlenut, both of which aren't particularly hard - possibly the hazlenut has the edge - but a damn great chunk from one of my bottom double teeth came away, together with some filling I've already weaned myself off toffee, for crying out loud, surely I mustn't eschew nuts! And if you start punning the word eschew with chew, I'll have won a £1 bet with myself.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 11, 2011 16:26:40 GMT
Actually, thinking about it, it was either a walnut or a hazlenut, both of which aren't particularly hard - possibly the hazlenut has the edge - but a damn great chunk from one of my bottom double teeth came away, together with some filling I've already weaned myself off toffee, for crying out loud, surely I mustn't eschew nuts! And if you start punning the word eschew with chew, I'll have won a £1 bet with myself. Why don't you blame granary bread and sue the baker? You lose. Here's a consolation prize I harvested from the Web . . . I’m told vegans are gentlefolk who’d, Having animal products eschewed, Preferred munching sprouts They’re incurable louts Who will empty their spleens in your food.
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Post by everso on Jan 11, 2011 16:39:14 GMT
V. good.
Here, my jaw is still numb and it's coming up for 3 hours since I had the injection. Shouldn't it be starting to come round by now?
I get this every time I have an anaesthetic injection at the dentist - I convince myself that it will never get back to normal and I'll have a limp lip for the rest of my life.
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Post by aubrey on Jan 11, 2011 18:06:25 GMT
Tea dribbler.
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Post by everso on Jan 11, 2011 22:21:20 GMT
It took about 4 hours before my face was back to normal. I still haven't had my cup of tea because by the time the numbness had worn off it was time for my glass of wine.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 11, 2011 22:47:22 GMT
Sympathies. Hope there was no discomfort once the numbness had faded.
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Post by everso on Jan 11, 2011 23:23:55 GMT
No, none at all. My Mr. Patel is a magician.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 11, 2011 23:48:52 GMT
Jolly good - I had one like that - She was resurfacing a tooth once and I nearly dropped off she was that gentle. Sadly we've probably been chucked off their list now because we haven't had the opportunity to go recently. Preety too - if only she'd get some rimless specs to show off her lovely eyes though!
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jan 13, 2011 20:40:37 GMT
I broke a tooth on a Ryvita a few years ago...that's what dieting does for you...
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Post by Weyland on Jan 13, 2011 20:59:10 GMT
I broke a tooth on a Ryvita a few years ago...that's what dieting does for you... Huh? Seems a bit like stubbing your toe on a beanbag. As it says in the Bhagavad Gita, the tooth must have wanted to be broken. (Note that it doesn't say beware of the Ryvita.)
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