Dentists really do keep saltwater tanks

[EvilTwin]

I thought I would share with all of you a funny (and painful) experience I had yesterday. In the end, though, all was good.

I have been starting to go to a new dentist recently. The selection of this particular office was more due to the fact that they take my insurance plan more than anything else, but we did get a recommendation from a friend as well. I went in for a cleaning a month or so ago and to get the full workup, turns out I needed a bit of work as I needed a crown for a tooth that I never had finished years ago, and they determined another tooth needed a crown as the filling had cracked. So they start working on all that and it turns out the tooth with the cracked filling needs a root canal, too.

After going in to get the root canal done, they could not get me numb enough to do things that day, so I get some antibiotics and we try again yesterday. We get started, things are better but still pretty bad. Apparently I have some strange nerves in my jaw or something but the whole procedure was extremely excruciating as I could still feel quite a lot. I can say he gave me enough anesthetic to numb a horse, but it just wasn't working with me.

So (now to the fish part) while I'm sitting in the chair resting for a bit I start thinking of Finding Nemo and the dentist as he was working on one of his patients. I sorta laughed and told the dentist what I was thinking of. The assistant said "noooooooooooooo...he's not like that". Remember this guy has been causing me excruciating pain through out the procedure. I asked him if he had seen the movie, he said "not in it's entirety". I told him he really must watch the whole thing.

It was at this point he went on to mention quite proudly "but what I'm really into is saltwater aquariums". Well, at that point we took a few minutes to talk about our tanks. He explained he had a whole fishroom at his last house, but he sold the house because he got divorced. He currently has a 200g tank. He then stated that what he was really into was corals, not fish. Well, now we had a bunch more to talk about. Obviously I needed him to finish my tooth, but he continued to ask me a few questions about what I had in my tank and when all was said and done, I had found a new aquarist friend.

I'll be heading back in a few weeks for the crowns and then some other stuff, so I'm sure we'll have more to talk about. Anyway, that's about it. I'm sure all of you can relate to finding other hobbyists in all walks of life.