Crossing the Canal

A short play set in a private dentistry in Embra:Dentist (not the regular one but with a doctorate, possibly from Eastern Europe, so must be good, looking at cavity left by fallen out filling: 'Has it been hurting?'

Huttonian No

Dentist (poking around with mirror and small excavator) 'Does it hurt now?'

Huttonian (mouth full of mirror and excavator) 'nnnnnnnn' shakes head

Dentist 'No pain.Not good We will need to do root canal treatment'

Huttonian (visualising tariff of prices for RCT : 'mmmmmmmmmnnnnn????'

Dentist 'Little point doing filling before root canal work. Tell you what I'll try Some drilling without anesthetic to get rid of the decay.. If it hurts at all -and this is unlikely-you won't need root canal treatment.

Puts miners drill no 1 onto maximum setting No 6 and drills into cavity

Huttonian 'AARGH AAAARGH RRRRRRRR! Schshurtz quosha losh!'

Dentist (almost stopping) 'It hurts? Quite a lot? I am so happy. You won't need canal root treatment'

Huttonian got his filling but no discount for lack of anesthetic. And went off singing down Rose Street

'I don't need root canal treatment' to the tune of

Hark the Herald Angels Sing' Try it.

Its very uplifting (and the favourite mendicant got £1. Loose change not an option in Advent.)  ¶ 3:07 PM