"Bob" >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>Carol wrote:
>
>>> Didn't you ever see "Marathon Man"?
>>
>> No, I'm going to need you to explain that one. <confused look>
>
>Okay, it's a classic Dustin Hoffman film. Hoffman plays a marathon runner
>with a brother in the CIA. He falls into the hands of a former Nazi and
>dentist, who tortures him by drilling holes in his teeth, all the while
>asking, "Is it safe?"
>
>Naturally, Hoffman has no idea what the dentist is talking about, so the
>torture continues.
>
>Where does clove oil fit into it? The dentist applies clove oil to Hoffman's
>teeth to ease the pain of the torture -- the better to start it back up
>again.

That sounds horrible! I'm glad I haven't seen it. I accidentally watched
"The Dentist" with Corbin Bernsen. I kept watching ... waiting for it to
get better. But it never did. Horrible, horrible movie. Horrible.

The reason I asked Wayne what he was doing with clove oil is that he has
posted that he used to have toothaches as a child, and the school nurse
would make him sit with clove oil on them.

Sheesh, we live in a cruel world!

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_