FUNNY CONVERSATION

Here is One for the Ages

To set the scene…we live in a CCRC which is a residence for people of a certain age that provides many perks and is a non-profit entity. It is a very healthy lifestyle. Here reside five hundred people in various stages of aging. Heck we all age and as one gets older, a kinder gentler lifestyle is charming.

Tonight I was walking down a hall and ran into a woman rolling along with her walker. We struck up a conversation about her teeth. She confided in me that she was thinking her dentist deserved a rating of 3 on a scale of 1 to 5. “He’s awfully nice but I’m not sure about him working on this tooth that requires a certain amount of attention.”

Rounding a corner she told me that she needed an oral surgeon for this trouble she was having. “I’ve always had good teeth, you see. But all of a sudden for the past couple of years…

[Editorial comment here: Time flies faster as the years go by. Toilet paper being the perfect example. The closer to the end of the roll the faster it goes, you know.]

and I don’t understand it.”

Feeling her angst, I contributed that I have always suffered from poor teeth. To which she replied, “Oh, dear. Not me. My dental hygiene has always been top notched. This is so sudden. I was wondering if you knew of a good oral surgeon to which you could refer me?”

Oh, dear. Being that I haven’t needed one lately and the fact that we haven’t lived in Portland that long, I demurred but informed her that I knew someone that might know of a good dentist as she has lived in Portland for ages.

She smiled and said that would be ducky. She went on. “i was considering this problem of needing so much dental work and it occurred to me that the reason for this is that my warranty may have expired.”

Here’s hoping you all have had a fun experience like this today. It was a blast!