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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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9 January 2003 - 3:00 PM
The thing I dislike most about going to the dentist are all the pictures my dentist has up on the walls showing disgustingly decayed teeth. They always take me back to that stupid chair and let me sit there for a few minutes staring at brown, rotted teeth before they begin cleaning my teeth. Usually, once they tip me back and start cleaning, I'm free from the pictures, but not this time. Because now they've taped their disgusting pictures to the ceiling above the stupid chair. I didn't want to have the hygienist think I was squeamish, so I diligently examined the teeth above this chair for about 30 minutes. And then it dawned on me. Where do they get these pictures? Do people only visit the dentist after their teeth have become brown and literally rotted away? You'd think they'd act on the warning signs, like the intense pain that must be associated with your teeth dissolving in to goo, and get some treatment. But that doesn't seem likely. I suspect that there is a person whose job is to visit third world countries and take pictures of teeth, in order to scare those of us in the decadent west into brushing our teeth. My theory is supported by the fact that the poster with all the pictures on it also displayed a Colgate logo.
Posted by on 9 January 2003 at 3:00 PM
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