Mentos freshens

So in the last few days since last I wrote anything, lots of stuff has happened. I returned to the lair of my arch-nemesis the dentist where he tortured me yet again. Don't worry, I didn't crack and divulge any vital information pertaining to the secret decoder ring project. It was one of my stranger dentist appointments, though.

There was an episode of Monk wherein the police lieutenant guy went to the dentist and while he was under the gas witnessed a murdered. There was some discussion about whether he hallucinated it all or if it was real. I guess it's pretty normal for people to think they hear / see strange things while under the influence. I don't have that luxury in my life, due to a certain medical condition I am forbidden from partaking of the sweet gas. That did not prevent me from hearing some whacky stuff, though. My dentist and his assistant talked about how lately they'd seen a lot of lesbians making out randomly in public. Do most dentists talk about this? I don't recall any dentists of mine doing this in the past. Then he talked about his 13 year-old daughter and her adult stalker. Pretty weird / random. I mean, that's a serious issue and all, but it's not the best conversation item in front of people you barely know.

The next weird thing had to do with dental hardware. I had two cavities filled, right in between my back, top left molars. In order to maintain the gap between them while putting in the filling they need to stick a metal wall between them, and then fill the two sides independently. That's a great idea. Too bad the thing got stuck in my mouth and they couldn't get it out. They dentist was getting bugged by some of the other people in his office to go check on other patients, and he was sitting here pulling at my face with pliers trying to get this thing out (my jaw is still sore), and eventually he has to give up and leave it to his assistant. She works on it a little more and about 20 seconds later it's out. That seems weird to me there's so much difficulty just doing something so routine as that. And painful.

So yeah, I still hate going to the dentist. That dental assistant was pretty cute though . . .

Ok, so what about the title of today's rant? Mentos freshens. It sure does. Last night I tried the now-famous Mentos + Diet Coke trick. It really works. It really, really does. I have concluded it is the most expensive form of entertainment in the history of mankind. The crazy fountain lasts for about 2 seconds (probably less), and it sets you back $2.00. That works out to some $3600 / hr for simple entertainment. I guess it's worth trying once, but don't take it up as a major hobby. Your pocketbook will regret it.