Say, "Arrrr!"

[mbarrick]

Other potential subject lines for this post:

• Turning quicksilver into gold
• Bling!
• Bonus pirate-points with purchase
• Heavy metal

Yes, what you are seeing in the slightly gross picture to the right is a gold tooth. I've needed this work for years now. As you can see from the neighbouring teeth I already have enough metal in my mouth to make me mad as a hatter (good, old-fashioned mercury fillings - explains a few thing about my personality, eh?). This particular tooth had been filled to the point where when the filling eventually was to wear out, there would not have been enough actual tooth left to hold another filling, thus the need to drop a proton and go gold. This should, barring toffee accidents, last the rest of my life. There is about 0.2 oz. of gold in my face now. I'm horribly amused by this. I always said that when I finished paying my student loan off I would start buying gold. My last student loan payment came out yesterday...

Comments

[ex-majesty337.livejournal.com]

aw that sucks! I can't imagine having hands in my mouth and needles to boot. :-|

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

strangely enough i tend to like the needles...same with the ones while giving blood...and the drill doesn't bother me so much either...it's more keeping your mouth wide open for so long that's painful...

[ex-majesty337.livejournal.com]

I bet you have lots of tatoo's?

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

no i haven't gotten one yet...but i guess that would be pretty enjoyable for me...ha ha...i have to find something i want on my body for all time first...