{"id":874,"date":"2004-09-11T18:21:42","date_gmt":"2004-09-11T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/?p=874"},"modified":"2011-06-05T15:10:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T20:10:34","slug":"home-dentisty-for-the-manly-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/home-dentisty-for-the-manly-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Home dentisty for the Manly Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. I&#8217;ve been a cranky S.O.B. for a few days now.<br \/>\nOne thing I neglected to mention FROM the Beach Boys concert was how I pulled another cracked tooth out of my mouth and have been in mind-numbing agony since.<\/p>\n<p>At the rate I&#8217;m going, the only way I&#8217;m going to enjoy a Wendy&#8217;s triple biggie sized combo is pureed and through a straw.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nI know. I know&#8230; every time I write one of my annual &#8220;I wish I were dead instead of HAVING a toothache&#8221; posts, it begs the same question I&#8217;ve heard FROM here to Norway: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you go see a dentist, dumbass?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to. I have kickass medical and dental insurance. Only one problem: There ain&#8217;t no dentists here! I went to the dentist all the time in New York (and Gawd how I miss HAVING fluoride in my water!). I brush, I floss, I CHECK periodically to make sure that there is never a piece of broccoli or a pubic hair in my teeth at all times. I used to chew on aluminum foil just so I can watch sissy girlie men cringe.<\/p>\n<p>But when you go to any bar out here, and the #1 pickup line is &#8220;Nice tooth&#8221;, I&#8217;m inclined to believe that there are no dentists in the state of Pennsylf**kingtucky.<\/p>\n<p>So I did what any sane, rational manly man would do yesterday.<br \/>\nI grabbed a pair of needlenose pliers FROM the kitchen drawer and yanked the rest of the damn tooth out!<\/p>\n<p>Now, you&#8217;re probably asking &#8220;Uh&#8230; didn&#8217;t that hurt?&#8221; Hell no! I&#8217;m a manly man, remember? That clear stuff coming out of both eyes and mixing in with the massive amounts of blood coming out of my mouth&#8230; was uhm, probably excess brain fluid! Yeah. I wasn&#8217;t using it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>After the searing pain and spots before my eyes started to fade away, I was hit with a revelation&#8230; WHY CAN&#8217;T I DO MY OWN DENTISTRY? Hell, I&#8217;ve cut my own hair for years&#8230; how hard can it be to drill my own teeth and put in fillings anyway?!!??<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna go and get me a nice, thin drill bit for my Black &amp; Decker, and I can probably start doing my wisdom teeth next weekend!<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the kicker&#8230;. I can submit a bill to Aetna, and GET PAID for fixing my OWN teeth! Fuckin&#8217; A, man! Why didn&#8217;t I ever think of this before?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Btw, can you get Tylenol with Morphine over the counter yet?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Oh the fucking pain! God take me now!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. I&apos;ve been a cranky S.O.B. for a few days now. 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