At the office and in the chair. . .

 

Which cleared a lot of hurdles for the dentist-ically challenged editorial department.

Fortunately, the specialist was a young fellow who spoke better English than my Spanish (thus alleviating any fears of having everything pulled out). However, he did say that he cannot spell all that great. No worries, I thought, we're not writing a novel.

After we talked and he took some X-rays, and I explained to him that my dentist said I needed a root canal, he concurred.

Doc: "Yes, you need a root canal here."

Editorial: "OK, great, let's get it over with."

Doc: "You also need a root canal here."

Editorial: "Uh, so I need two root canals?"

Doc: "Yes, I will draw it for you."

Which he proceeded to do and though he flubbed the spelling of what he was doing, it was clear that I was in for a double drilling.