The dentist part mightn't sound too inviting, but just think how much more enjoyable food and drink will be without the damned toothache.

Haven't got toothache, haven't had one in years... touch wood, but I should take my own advice and go to the dentist myself for a checkup and whatever maintenance is required.

Hehe, your aversion to the debtist reminds me of an old joke... Woman goes to the dentist and is sitting nervously in the chair when the dentist asks how her day has been, etc.  The woman replies; "Well my day was fine until I got here!"

"And pray tell," asks the dentist: what is so wrong about being here?"

"Well," she replied: "I think that I'd rather have a baby than have a tooth drilled."

With that, the dentist quips: "Well make up your mind...  so's I know how to adjust the chair." 

LMAO!!!!!!   Nice one starkers hehehe

Resistance is .. uhh.. getting harder to resist

Resistance is... melting away in this damned heat, got up to 37c today and some of... er, a lot of me is in a puddle under my desk.

Thinking about dentists,Tailsgirl, did you ever see that Mr Bean episode when he went to the dentist and ended up doing his own dental work after the dentist was called out of the room?

Being quite the larrikin, I would find resistance is.... not doing a Mr bean combined with a Bill Murray when I next visit my dentist.

hehe I've hardly watched Mr Bean, my son loves it though

And yes, it's still freakin' hot. 10pm and I've got the air-con and a fan going hehe

Actually, dentists are afraid to work on me, seriously, they said I've got the highest level of anxiety they have ever seen

Aren't there arrangements that could be made for such a problem? Have you researched it?

Slang Alert!

Larrikin, an Australian slang term for a clownish or rowdy person, became a popular word since the untimely death of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter who was killed by a stingray while filming a documentary. Here is how The Australian described him:
"He was a larrikin: a person who pays little attention to what others think about them, who breaks the rules of social convention and is prone to outlandish behaviour. The thing about Irwin is that he did it with crocodiles."

Tailsgirl....please see to that tooth problem....a closed vehicle could take you there (truck/lorry comes to mind....sometimes VERY dark glasses help also). You DON'T want to end up with an abscessed tooth!

And value their family jewels too much.... so stand behind the chair.

Seriously, anxiety is no laughing matter... I suffer with depression and thus anxiety issues at times, so I know only too well how horrible it can be.  Fortunately, I have been prescribed a medication that works for me and I've not suffered an anxiety or panic attack in quite a while... and hopefully, not for a much longer while.  So, knowing what it's like, I truly hope that you can overcome it and enjoy a more peaceful, happy life.

Oh, and get into Mr Bean, he's great for a giggle when you're feeling a bit low, etc.

Well that describes me to a tee... though I was a larrikin long before Steve Irwin was out of diapers.  He made larrikinism popular because he was on TV... but, as my posts would suggest, I perfected it.

Ahhhh.....the difference being the deep caring that lurks below the larrikin exterior....sort of like a Sabra, don't you think?

Clearly I understand Tailsgirl's problem and there ARE treatments. Also, Tailsgirl might be really sedated into the Stone Age (which would cause real problems with posting on the Internet...Intervine? Interdrum?) and brought to a facility for treatment and returned home afterwards. I don't know HOW you would have to coordinate such a thing through your healthcare system, though.

Well, on to cheerier topics: How about Holocaust remembrance?

I am Dentist of Borg and I get to the Root Directory of the problem.

That's the great thing about being a larrikin... I can care if I like, and not give a stuff if anyone finds out about it.

In fact, it's the larrikin mischief maker in me that helps get me through the not so good times... when I'm feeling low I think of ways to get up to no good and pursue a trail of sass, then chuckle about it all the way.

The sad thing is that some people are unable to help themselves get out of the rut - and I know that feeling only too well as I've been there more than once - and it's these people I really feel for, thus offering a bit of cheer and happiness so some of it hopefully rubs off on them to brighten up their days.

Well I'll be your Dental Nurse of Borg and hold Tailsgirl's hand while you get into the directory to fix it.

Resistance is... having a brown paper bag and not blowing it up and bursting it behind a heart attack prone banker before he takes that huge 'self-awarded' bonus.

hehe to use Doc's words, why resist?

Resistance to that is.....paper thin.

I (personally) wouldn't... in fact, I'd have a second brown paper bag, just in case the first didn't work.

Then perhaps resistance should be in a polythene bag... and pull it over their heads to cut down on noise pollution.

Seriously, bankers really give me the shits.  Despite the economic downturn and everyone else having to tighten their belts, the MacQuarie Bank here in Oz is throwing a several hundred thousand dollar Christmas party for upper level executives. GRRRRRRR!!

Hopefully resistance is... someone puts a fatal dose of triple concentrated curried cabbage gas in the airconditioning at the venue.

Me thinks starkers is obssesed with gas

I don't think so... I know I am.  I mean, with a staple diet of curried cabbage, what else can I do, but obsess?

Resistance is... not having curried cabbage the night before my appointment with my bank manager.

hehe I make a decent dish with pasta, cabbage and bacon, that's good fuel

Now I'm hungry.. alas.. I must resist, for the cupboard is bare atm.. well for another hour

It's funny you say that... that's how we sometimes have the curried cabbage... as a side to pasta with minced beef, onion, bacon and cheese, with the regulars, garlic and oregano, etc.  Hehe, you're right... it's like rocket fuel... and possibly just as flammable.

Resistance is... not whipping up a batch right now.