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A Denture Adventure
A juvenile reaction
to a baby tooth extraction:
£2 – Yeah!
A middle-aged reaction
to a wisdom tooth extraction:
Quake
Quiver
Sob
Shiver
Cry
Weep
Pills
Sleep
Moan
Groan
Complain
Pain
An elderly reaction
to a last-ever extraction:
Sigh
Slurp
Burp
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I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
The Laughing Housewife 
These are the kinds of ‘adventures’ that one does not WANT to have!!
Ouch!
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Painful, but an enjoyable adventure 🙂
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My favorite section:
An elderly reaction
to a last-ever extraction:
Sigh
Slurp
Burp
SOOOOOO FUNNNNY, ha, ha, ha!
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That is funny! And I agree with Mary – OUCH!
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It is that middle aged reaction that scares me! I hope it never comes….. very creative adventure!
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Hi Amanda. Thanks for your comment. I wanted to reciprocate but I couldn’t navigate your site, sorry.
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Rather like Shakespeare’s ages of man! Born toothless, and if we live long enough the chances grow and grow that we might eventually end up how we started… The wisdom teeth are the most painful thing in our mouths!
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Ah,, this was cute. I am going to remember not to slurp!
Thanks for the laugh
Wysteria
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Oh, you do have a way of capturing the essence of such events. ;-]
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What a fab poem. It should be pasted on the wall of every dentist’s office, as a warning to be gentle and caring. I never had any wisdom teeth: does that mean that I am unwise? Needless to say Jock would refute the implications…
ViV
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Thank you for the positive comments, everyone.
Viv: I think the middle section would terrify the patients 🙂
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I didn’t mean paste it where the patients would see it – just in the place with filing cabinets and typewriters and things, where the dentist can’t help but see it! My son is having a root treatment at midday today.
ViV
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LOL! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Re your son’s extraction – that’s a pain in the mouth and a pain in the bum both going in a matter of weeks 🙂
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A painful experience can be presented with such wit and humour. Great!
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