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Jul. 2nd, 2008 07:31 pmOH AND ALSO.
The dental hygenist said to me, "So, we're going to clean your teeth with a Sonic Scaler today."
Now, I don't usually dork out in public, I'm quiet about my fandom, but before I could help myself I said, "Not the Sonic Screwdriver?" and then totally expected to get an empty, blank stare. But instead he looked at me for a second and then burst out into peals of laughter.
"It gets better," he said. "It's official brand name is the Cavitron. Which I believe was the original name for the Daleks."
And then we geeked around for like twenty minutes while he cleaned my teeth and confirmed my theory that the only possible reaction to last week's episode is WHAT? WHAT. WHAT?! and many, many tartar/TARDIS jokes were made.
The dental hygenist said to me, "So, we're going to clean your teeth with a Sonic Scaler today."
Now, I don't usually dork out in public, I'm quiet about my fandom, but before I could help myself I said, "Not the Sonic Screwdriver?" and then totally expected to get an empty, blank stare. But instead he looked at me for a second and then burst out into peals of laughter.
"It gets better," he said. "It's official brand name is the Cavitron. Which I believe was the original name for the Daleks."
And then we geeked around for like twenty minutes while he cleaned my teeth and confirmed my theory that the only possible reaction to last week's episode is WHAT? WHAT. WHAT?! and many, many tartar/TARDIS jokes were made.