Dentist
I got off work early for a dental appointment. It was an interesting trip.
I have to walk past my old junior school on the way to the dentist, a place that held a lot of memories for me. It was where me and Alex came up with most of our comic ideas when we were both 8, comics that we continued to write up until 2002. Of course now the place is nothing more than a crater full of muddy water. I think they knocked it down last year. Its kinda sad.
This is new to me - the dentists have some wacky new inventions. First of all is this water jet thing. Rather than scrape all the filth off you teeth with that pick thingy, they can blast your teeth with a high pressure but tiny jet of water. A pleasant sensation, not unlike having a white-hot needle jabbed into your gums.
The second crazy invention is a bit creepier. Now, when the dentist tilts you back in that big chair, there's a TV screen that shows you soothing images to calm you while the dentist works. Except I think mine was broken because instead of showing me calming stuff, I was treated to the distressing sight of a swarm of these funny birds trying to rip into this burned out motorcar. They were pecking at the lights and one of them had got his beak in the crack round the edge of the door and he was pulling the rubber lining out like it was some guy's intestines or something.
My teeth are perfect apart from the back ones which were permanently stained by all that oxytetracycline I took as a kid. Yes, my back teeth are dark grey.
As I left, I walked past the sweet shop I used to go in before school when I was a kid. I couldn't help but have a peek inside and guess what - they still sell the exact same 10 penny mixes that they did 20 years ago.
Heres an unbeejish Beej pic (Beej in a white dress):
I have to walk past my old junior school on the way to the dentist, a place that held a lot of memories for me. It was where me and Alex came up with most of our comic ideas when we were both 8, comics that we continued to write up until 2002. Of course now the place is nothing more than a crater full of muddy water. I think they knocked it down last year. Its kinda sad.
This is new to me - the dentists have some wacky new inventions. First of all is this water jet thing. Rather than scrape all the filth off you teeth with that pick thingy, they can blast your teeth with a high pressure but tiny jet of water. A pleasant sensation, not unlike having a white-hot needle jabbed into your gums.
The second crazy invention is a bit creepier. Now, when the dentist tilts you back in that big chair, there's a TV screen that shows you soothing images to calm you while the dentist works. Except I think mine was broken because instead of showing me calming stuff, I was treated to the distressing sight of a swarm of these funny birds trying to rip into this burned out motorcar. They were pecking at the lights and one of them had got his beak in the crack round the edge of the door and he was pulling the rubber lining out like it was some guy's intestines or something.
My teeth are perfect apart from the back ones which were permanently stained by all that oxytetracycline I took as a kid. Yes, my back teeth are dark grey.
As I left, I walked past the sweet shop I used to go in before school when I was a kid. I couldn't help but have a peek inside and guess what - they still sell the exact same 10 penny mixes that they did 20 years ago.
Heres an unbeejish Beej pic (Beej in a white dress):