{"id":572,"date":"2009-10-16T14:58:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T21:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/cqtwo\/?p=572"},"modified":"2009-10-16T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T21:58:21","slug":"helpful-guide-for-parents-dental-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/cqtwo\/2009\/10\/16\/helpful-guide-for-parents-dental-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful guide for parents &#8212; dental edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our dentist sends us a useless newsletter every so often (quarterly?) with gems like this, a set of code words to deceive your children, so in addition to being traumatized by a painful dental procedure they will also not trust you because you lied to them and they will always wonder who the hell Mr. Bumpy was.<\/p>\n<p>It would be funnier if it wasn&#8217;t so creepy.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;height: 304px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"312\">\n<col style=\"width: 74pt\" width=\"98\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"width: 101pt\" width=\"134\"><\/col>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt;width: 74pt\" width=\"98\" height=\"20\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101pt\" width=\"134\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Don&#8217;t say&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Say instead&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">needle or shot<\/td>\n<td>sleepy juice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">drill<\/td>\n<td>Mr. Whistle (or Mr. Bumpy)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">drill on tooth<\/td>\n<td>clean the sugar bugs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">pull tooth<\/td>\n<td>wiggle the tooth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">cavity<\/td>\n<td>sugar bugs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">suction<\/td>\n<td>Mr. Slurpee (or Mr. Thirsty)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">exam<\/td>\n<td>count the teeth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">teeth cleaning<\/td>\n<td>tickle the teeth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt\" height=\"20\">explorer<\/td>\n<td>teeth counter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our dentist sends us a useless newsletter every so often (quarterly?) with gems like this, a set of code words to deceive your children, so in addition to being traumatized by a painful dental procedure they will also not trust &hellip; 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