On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:15:35 -0800 (PST), Veronique wrote:
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>On Feb 12, 9:29 pm, "D.F. Manno" <dfma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> In article <yrfzbaqirevmbaarg.jw3va12.pmin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
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>> "Lesmond" <lesm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > I got a call from the school nurse today. My little one has bitten
into his
>> > snack and almost lost a tooth. He was on the verge of hysteria
because 1) It
>> > really hurt and 2) He lost his last tooth at lunch at school and
swallowed
>> > it.
>>
>> > So, I picked him up at 10:20AM. We came home, he wouldn't open his
mouth, he
>> > wouldn't let me look and I didn't even know what tooth it was. He
went into
>> > the bathroom and tried to "rinse" it out. Just filling his mouth and
>> > spitting the water as hard as he could past the tooth. Hey, it was a
plan.
>> > But it didn't work.
>>
>> > He told me, very seriously, "I need to go to the dentist."
>>
>> > Now, our dentist is almost an hour away and he doesn't work on
Mondays or
>> > Tuesdays. But...right around the corner is a dentist that used to
ride my
>> > school bus when I we were kids. He was older and we didn't actually
know
>> > each other, just saw each other on the school bus.
>>
>> > So I took a chance and called his office. No, completely booked she
told me.
>> > I said, "Look...this will only take a second. He *will* let the
dentist
>> > touch it." So, she took my number and called me back. She had
checked with
>> > the next patient coming in and she was willing to wait an extra five
minutes.
>>
>> > So we went, he squirted a little anesthetic spray on the tooth,
yanked it,
>> > cleaned it and put it a little box shaped like a tooth that my little
one
>> > could wear around his neck. We were back home by 11:20AM, tooth on
neck.
>>
>> > And no charge for the appointment.
>>
>> > Beat that, city folk.
>>
>> My friend Vito can remove more teeth in less time.
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>
>Yabbut he's your friend. Would he do it for a complete stranger on a
>Saturday morning who normally used an enforcer who lived an hour away
>but was unavailable at the time?
I'll bet he doesn't put the teeth in little tooth shaped boxes to wear
around
the neck, either.
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