You've encouraged a generation of dental skeptics and scores of village pub dreamers with one post ... but I'm a bit worried a dildo-less "trolley" is going to show up from Germany.
I think the good news in all of this is that you are still cavity-free - a magnificent feat! I was in my 30s before I started having problems, and since then I've had multiple root canals, crowns, and two implants, mainly due to grinding my teeth in my sleep...
Oh Jill, I LOVED every word - and laughed the whole way through. Hurrah for the Fundbรผro! ๐
You've done an AWESOME job with your looking after your teeth! When I was a child and first started going to the dentist my parents promised my brother and me that they would pay us each ยฃ25 (an absolute fortune at the time!) IF we reached the age of 25 without a single filling. My brother made it to 24... and I was 23 when I had my first. I was gutted not to have won the bounty - neither of us did - but I reckon 23 and 24 wasn't too awful an age to have been drilled for the first time.
Thanks Rebecca โค๏ธ sounds like someone owes me ยฃ38.... still dodging the drill for the moment (she says, around a mouthful of chocolate Guinness cake). โบ๏ธ
I wouldnโt in a million years wade into even a vague discussion of โwhich experts are legitimateโ or whatever, but: one of my close pals is a dentist, and heโs emphatic that the field is almost entirely unreliable, โfake,โ etc.
It's pretty wild that, if I had just (not) kept my mouth shut, she would have drilled my perfect tooth..... I'll be seeing to my own dental needs from now on. โ๏ธ
So interesting. I love the translucent layers of the manโs boots. Thereโs a fellow vomiting. And the mirror on the left has the reflection of two characters women who arenโt among the masses, but rather must be looking at all this from our point of view.
Your suitcaaaaase!! YOUR DILDO!!! I don't mind admitting that more than once has my mind drifted to your long lost dildo and what fate had befallen him, always hoping for something bohemian and fascinating--but he's been tucked up, biding his time, and is soon to return home ๐ฅน I, too, shed a little tear of happiness. Congrats, my love. Keeping my fingers tightly crossed for whatever goodness might be brewing around the pub ๐ค
yay about the suitcase! And the dentist. I got a filling from a new dentist after I moved from home after college. I was skeptical and said nothing. Years later, I return to the dentist I have had since I was a teenager, and he scoffed. "You always have had crevices in your crowns that look like they can become cavities, but I think you got that filling for nothing." I haven't had a cavity in the 20 years since. So be skeptical.
My brother-in-law was just talking about how he went to one dentist that said he needed 6 fillings and another that said he needed none. Also learned that in Korea, you wouldn't go to get glasses anywhere that took more than 30 minutes.
It's cool that professional medical care in the US is basically a shell game...I wonder why.
In hockey terms, a Hat trick! Thanks for sharing good news. I think we can all relate to the dentist and lost luggage found triumphs and the better to be expected pub meeting.
My son and I once lost a bag with a hat and a shirt on the DisneyWorld monorail. As a lark the next day, we went to the lost and found with zero expectations. The man at the desk heard our scant details and returned in a minute with our bag. We thought it was a miracle, and it became a highlight of our trip.
Serendipitous in the extreme! Also a nice thought that what I assumed was a thief taking my bag (to cavort with its contents, your immortal words) was just some other confused human, like me. Bless them for handing it back in
You've encouraged a generation of dental skeptics and scores of village pub dreamers with one post ... but I'm a bit worried a dildo-less "trolley" is going to show up from Germany.
I know, Iโve jinxed it havenโt I. Donโt count your dildos.... ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
That's funny
Ha ha ha!
I think the good news in all of this is that you are still cavity-free - a magnificent feat! I was in my 30s before I started having problems, and since then I've had multiple root canals, crowns, and two implants, mainly due to grinding my teeth in my sleep...
Eeee I grind my teeth too apparently so Iโm sure my days are numbered ๐๐ us overthinkers...
Get a nightguard, if you don't already have one - my problem has been with cracked teeth, rather than cavities... ๐ฌ
I have one I just hate to wear it ๐๐ but ok youโve convinced me. The phrase โcracked teethโ is pretty visceral ๐ณ๐
I am a walking cautionary tale... ๐ I sent you a follow-up email btw
On it!!
Dang, that's rough
Oh Jill, I LOVED every word - and laughed the whole way through. Hurrah for the Fundbรผro! ๐
You've done an AWESOME job with your looking after your teeth! When I was a child and first started going to the dentist my parents promised my brother and me that they would pay us each ยฃ25 (an absolute fortune at the time!) IF we reached the age of 25 without a single filling. My brother made it to 24... and I was 23 when I had my first. I was gutted not to have won the bounty - neither of us did - but I reckon 23 and 24 wasn't too awful an age to have been drilled for the first time.
Thanks Rebecca โค๏ธ sounds like someone owes me ยฃ38.... still dodging the drill for the moment (she says, around a mouthful of chocolate Guinness cake). โบ๏ธ
๐คฃ
Brava on challenging the dentist, brava on possible good news re the pub, and brava on the return of the prodigal suitcase!!
The prodigal suitcase ๐ ๐
I wouldnโt in a million years wade into even a vague discussion of โwhich experts are legitimateโ or whatever, but: one of my close pals is a dentist, and heโs emphatic that the field is almost entirely unreliable, โfake,โ etc.
It's pretty wild that, if I had just (not) kept my mouth shut, she would have drilled my perfect tooth..... I'll be seeing to my own dental needs from now on. โ๏ธ
The moral of the story is to floss before the dentist visit, no?
And never give up hope for your lost dildo.
Has it returned to its owner?
Safe and sound
That was not the note I was expecting to end on, but congratulations-and-Iโm-so-happy-for-you on the whole lot! ๐คฃ๐ญ
๐คฃ๐ช it only took three months. So glad you enjoyed it Sydney โค๏ธ
So interesting. I love the translucent layers of the manโs boots. Thereโs a fellow vomiting. And the mirror on the left has the reflection of two characters women who arenโt among the masses, but rather must be looking at all this from our point of view.
Artist's self-portrait too.. he's the dark-haired guy in the middle raising his glass high
Your suitcaaaaase!! YOUR DILDO!!! I don't mind admitting that more than once has my mind drifted to your long lost dildo and what fate had befallen him, always hoping for something bohemian and fascinating--but he's been tucked up, biding his time, and is soon to return home ๐ฅน I, too, shed a little tear of happiness. Congrats, my love. Keeping my fingers tightly crossed for whatever goodness might be brewing around the pub ๐ค
**Jillโs dildoโs coming ho-o-o-ome, Lord, heโs been off in Deutschland for so looooong**
- to the tune of Thomas Jeffersonโs coming home (Hamilton)
๐๐ปโค๏ธโ๐ฅ
yay about the suitcase! And the dentist. I got a filling from a new dentist after I moved from home after college. I was skeptical and said nothing. Years later, I return to the dentist I have had since I was a teenager, and he scoffed. "You always have had crevices in your crowns that look like they can become cavities, but I think you got that filling for nothing." I haven't had a cavity in the 20 years since. So be skeptical.
Iโm so sorry Thomas thatโs awful. ๐ Sceptical I shall remain. Counting the minutes until the suitcase is home, unexpected deliverance! ๐คฉ
Hooray for hope!
My brother-in-law was just talking about how he went to one dentist that said he needed 6 fillings and another that said he needed none. Also learned that in Korea, you wouldn't go to get glasses anywhere that took more than 30 minutes.
It's cool that professional medical care in the US is basically a shell game...I wonder why.
More than 30 minutes....? ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
A co-worker told me this is what it is like to get glasses in Korea and it blew my mind. https://www.tiktok.com/@stellanspice/video/7159359167772233003?lang=en
In hockey terms, a Hat trick! Thanks for sharing good news. I think we can all relate to the dentist and lost luggage found triumphs and the better to be expected pub meeting.
My son and I once lost a bag with a hat and a shirt on the DisneyWorld monorail. As a lark the next day, we went to the lost and found with zero expectations. The man at the desk heard our scant details and returned in a minute with our bag. We thought it was a miracle, and it became a highlight of our trip.
Serendipitous in the extreme! Also a nice thought that what I assumed was a thief taking my bag (to cavort with its contents, your immortal words) was just some other confused human, like me. Bless them for handing it back in
Good read.
Thank you Tabitha! โค๏ธ
Love this, you brought light and laughter into my inbox this morning ๐
So glad! Thanks for reading Emma-Jane ๐