Random Rants 92 - Not Enough Snerk

[Takhisis]

Does it have to be your own finger that you lick?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm supposed to be due in two days and I don't feel like it's coming. I hope that isn't a bad sign.

I'm going to the dentist on Wednesday after years of not being able to/avoiding an attempted scam by my previous dentist. This should be a rave, but I'm not expecting a great time. Food poisoning and mineral loss two years ago damaged my teeth a lot, plus the gingivitis has been relentless despite appropriate self-care. It also took four months of harassing the office before they'd finally register me and give me an appointment. The front staff are abysmal. It's like pulling teeth (hah) to get them to respond to you. I hope the actual dental staff are better.

If/when they do surgery, bring your own towel to tuck in. Apparently the place where mine was done either didn't have enough or they didn't expect there to be any blood.

Thank goodness I know how to do spot cleaning at home, since the shirt I was wearing looked like I'd been in some kind of fight or accident. I've brought my own ever since.

 

[Lexicus]

I'm going to the dentist on Wednesday after years of not being able to/avoiding an attempted scam by my previous dentist. This should be a rave, but I'm not expecting a great time. Food poisoning and mineral loss two years ago damaged my teeth a lot, plus the gingivitis has been relentless despite appropriate self-care. It also took four months of harassing the office before they'd finally register me and give me an appointment. The front staff are abysmal. It's like pulling teeth (hah) to get them to respond to you. I hope the actual dental staff are better.

 

[Hygro]

I am sick : (

 

[Takhisis]

If/when they do surgery, bring your own towel to tuck in.

A fellow Adams reader!

 

[Valka D'Ur]

A fellow Adams reader!

I wasn't even thinking of that. I meant it literally. I ended up with blood all over my shirt because they hadn't provided that bib that dentists usually provide. So the next time I went back, I brought a hand towel, told them that fortunately I'd been able to get the blood out of my other shirt (via kitchen sink laundry and home remedies), and insisted on tucking my own towel in, in case they forgot theirs.

Besides, when you hitchhike, the towel goes under your feet, not anywhere else.

 

[Samson]

I wasn't even thinking of that. I meant it literally. I ended up with blood all over my shirt because they hadn't provided that bib that dentists usually provide. So the next time I went back, I brought a hand towel, told them that fortunately I'd been able to get the blood out of my other shirt (via kitchen sink laundry and home remedies), and insisted on tucking my own towel in, in case they forgot theirs.

Besides, when you hitchhike, the towel goes under your feet, not anywhere else.

My reading of that is that a towel has many uses, going under your feet during FTL travel is only one of them. I generally rate the rule, and will take a towel with me when I go away even if I expect to be provided at the other end, they are useful things to have.

 

[thetrooper]

I am sick : (

Get well soon!

 

[Synobun]

I am sick : (

We already know you're cool. What's the rant?

Ha ha, get it? 90s slang. Ha ha ha ha ha

 

[Takhisis]

Only '90s kids remember the '90s. *sigh*

 

[Valka D'Ur]

My reading of that is that a towel has many uses, going under your feet during FTL travel is only one of them. I generally rate the rule, and will take a towel with me when I go away even if I expect to be provided at the other end, they are useful things to have.

You can't really expect that every Vogon ship you hitch a ride on is going to have towels to provide, particularly if they're not expecting you and intend to toss you out an airlock (after torturing you with poetry) if they catch you. So always bring your own.

Only '90s kids remember the '90s. *sigh*

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...

 

[Takhisis]

after torturing you with poetry

ANYTHING but that!

 

[tjs282]

Besides, when you hitchhike, the towel goes under your feet, not anywhere else.

Unless you're facing the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal — in which case it should be wound round your eyes, so that it can't see you...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Unless you're facing the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal — in which case it should be wound round your eyes, so that it can't see you...

I'd forgotten about that. I'd better bring an extra towel.

 

[The_J]

I think I might have caught an UTI.
Luckily I have independent of that a doctors appointment in 2h, let's see.

 

[Synobun]

Just got back from the dentist.

 

[Snerk]

Just got back from the dentist.

What's the damage?

 

[Farm Boy]

I really need to quote you two out of context in the quotes thread.

Why? You're already in the Not Enough Snerk thread...

 

[Takhisis]

You're right! That makes it even better.

 

[Lexicus]

I am sick : (

Feel better m8