I couldn't see my regular dentist one time because he doesn't work on Fridays. (He heads down to his beach house. I'm serious!)

At any rate, one of my choppers was killing me and I sure didn't want to have to be in agony over the weekend. So, I went to a "dental clinic." It is for people who don't have a lot of money. The dentist was getting ready to yank my tooth out, but I hollered, "No! I'm just trying to ride it out until Monday!" So, he gave me some pain meds.

On Monday my regular dentist just ground a couple of my teeth down a bit, since they were hitting together the wrong way. Whew! I did lose a tooth, though, recently, because it split right down the middle and couldn't be repaired.

For other people's sake, I hope the new government health plan has insurance for teeth.