tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post2496609886421735866..comments2008-06-18T12:23:34.799-06:00Janiecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-88157176635064203382008-06-18T12:23:34.799-06:002008-06-18T12:23:34.799-06:00::blinks::<BR/>::is agog with surprise::<BR/><BR/>wuh? hUh? That's just odd. That's the sort of things one my uncle Chuck (the one that lives on Adak) would make up to see if I'd believe him or not.<BR/><BR/>I want to hope he was just sharing some oddball story he'd heard, but I doubt it.Taniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18142380580388373496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-32236516859628144412008-06-18T09:39:45.370-06:002008-06-18T09:39:45.370-06:00Eric, he's a good dentist (although a little random in his conversation). He's done extensive work on both me and my Smart Girl, and routine work on the Smart Boy and the Smart Man, and we've been very, very pleased with his work. <BR/><BR/>The religious talk didn't start until he found out I knew he was a Mormon and also that I was once a comparative religion major. <BR/><BR/>The Smart Man says this is the reason you don't want to know too much about the people in your life that aren't your friends - because when you do, they over share, and make you uncomfortable.<BR/><BR/>But I'm a chatty Cathy, so I end up in these positions pretty frequently. Unfortunately.Janiece Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-26588714211853123482008-06-18T09:30:31.410-06:002008-06-18T09:30:31.410-06:00Didn't Scalzi take pictures of a display that said much the same thing when he was touring the Creation Museum? Which, coincidentally, was also a bit like having teeth pulled, from his account, so maybe there's a deeper connection between Creationism and dentistry than previously suspected.<BR/><BR/>In any event, I'm not sure he was kidding. Tho' I really wonder why he decided to chat about Original Sin while he was working on your mouth. Seems kind of random to me, even with the kind of iffy metaphor of nerves : teeth :: weeds : field.<BR/><BR/><I>Really</I> iffy metaphor. I mean, for one thing, most people who aren't <A HREF="http://infomotions.com/alex2/authors/poe-edgar/poe-berenice-631" REL="nofollow">Edgar Allan Poe characters</A> don't <I>harvest teeth</I>. I mean, what the hell? "Sorry the tooth harvest took so long, Pa, but we had a lot of nerves to dig up this year...." I can understand wanting to overlook this weirdness, but I'd be a little concerned lest there be some fundamental confusion on his part about <I>why he's in there</I>. "Oh yeah... I wasn't supposed to pull that, was I?" Oops.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-50831621840284528252008-06-18T08:27:47.177-06:002008-06-18T08:27:47.177-06:00Dude, I'm down with the big JC and all -- but I'm kinda <EM>thankful</EM> for my nerves...<BR/><BR/>I could get specific, but really, there are many advantages you get from nerves. Some PG-13 even. :DShawn Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186686711412505957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-51359947047530739712008-06-17T20:49:53.546-06:002008-06-17T20:49:53.546-06:00I'd have told him that before the original sin bit there was no need for dentists - therefor his chosen profession is obviously a result of evil. Dentists, the Devil's handmaiden.Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-79343677634281676532008-06-17T20:46:05.695-06:002008-06-17T20:46:05.695-06:00Religious people are wierd. (Nothing personal, R.P.)Anne C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09444051201220766948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-44750509708313607982008-06-17T17:48:52.259-06:002008-06-17T17:48:52.259-06:00Uhh... God gave me teeth with nerves in them. Therefore he must want them to be there. :pMWThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692333386466046444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-73504726096217602702008-06-17T17:39:16.657-06:002008-06-17T17:39:16.657-06:00Having recently gone through a heretofore unprecedented amount of dentistry, suffering through each step (which are not finished), I think if my doc got biblical on me and started blaming the female gender for the pain I was feeling, I would lose my cool. To put it mildly. <BR/><BR/>You're right, performance is what matters. But I'd've been peeved.camsavwinhttp://camsavwin.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-16400090384775333852008-06-17T16:08:14.039-06:002008-06-17T16:08:14.039-06:00Well, some consider weed to be a sin (though I hear the HBO series is pretty good), but I think that's something altogether different.Carol Elainehttp://carolelaine.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-74368821621520513632008-06-17T16:03:21.287-06:002008-06-17T16:03:21.287-06:00I... well... that's...<BR/><BR/>Weeds and nerves are sins?<BR/><BR/>I mean, don't they serve a purpose when they're healthy?<BR/><BR/>Help me! My brain hurts!Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-13361826888471212432008-06-17T15:47:40.478-06:002008-06-17T15:47:40.478-06:00Well, he's <I>christian you know!</I> tm.The Mechanicky Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00301818656158916179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-3084154585168281872008-06-17T15:36:54.763-06:002008-06-17T15:36:54.763-06:00That's just a little - odd.Cindi in COhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857773418981487019noreply@blogger.com