dentist talk
Sep. 8th, 2016 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marnanel[teeth, dentistry, violence]
I have a wonderfully chatty dentist. Recently we have discussed:
1) the problems of being a dentist in Pakistan. Apparently some people's first resort for toothache is an amateur tooth puller. If you're his first patient of the day, you have to wait until the second patient turns up. Then the second patient holds the first patient down, while the tooth puller attaches string to your tooth and pulls very hard. When most of the tooth is removed, the first patient gets up and punches the second patient for holding him down. After all this, the dentist has to fix all the damage.
2) the political situation in Burma, and why the news here doesn't report it much, and how come westerners think Buddhists are never politically violent.
3) why Camden, New Jersey is such a terrifying place.
I have a wonderfully chatty dentist. Recently we have discussed:
1) the problems of being a dentist in Pakistan. Apparently some people's first resort for toothache is an amateur tooth puller. If you're his first patient of the day, you have to wait until the second patient turns up. Then the second patient holds the first patient down, while the tooth puller attaches string to your tooth and pulls very hard. When most of the tooth is removed, the first patient gets up and punches the second patient for holding him down. After all this, the dentist has to fix all the damage.
2) the political situation in Burma, and why the news here doesn't report it much, and how come westerners think Buddhists are never politically violent.
3) why Camden, New Jersey is such a terrifying place.
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Date: 2016-09-09 10:25 am (UTC)