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Post by mattgarth on Mar 5, 2017 16:55:59 GMT
No future contests for a short while -- the Quizmaster will be undergoing long-delayed (due to cowardice) oral surgery tomorrow.
Nothing that serious -- operating dentist Dr. Szell assures me that (in his own words): "It iz zafe." But in the meantime --
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Give my regards to Marsha
Remember me to Jervistetch
Tell all the gang still searching movie fights
Kijii linked Chuck and Peck
Whisper of how I'm yearning
To bring back film fathers and sons
Give my regards to all players
And say the next Quiz will match nuns
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'Take 'em to Missouri'
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Post by jervistetch on Mar 5, 2017 17:20:12 GMT
Best of luck, Matt. May it be a pain free experience. Rest those chompers and get back to us soon. In the meantime, I'll try to fill in for you. Working on something now. Hope they find it challenging. I'll try it out here first. Fill in the blank: The ____ of Oz. Do you think I show promise? p.s. I checked out your dentist's credentials. He looks top-notch.  |
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 5, 2017 17:24:20 GMT
Learn a lesson from Garth Games, Jervis -- don't make the contest impossible. Nobody is going to get that one -- it's TOO obscure!
My dentist is 'top-notch'?? But the operation will be on the lower teeth. Is he 'bottom-notch' too?
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Post by jervistetch on Mar 5, 2017 17:30:12 GMT
Hmmm. The jury's still out on the bottom-notch man. We'll form a nice little prayer circle for you.  |
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Post by kijii on Mar 5, 2017 17:35:07 GMT
For those not familiar with your "Is it safe" comment, I offer you this you tube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzw1_2b-I7A These days, oral surgery is really great and not as bad as previously thought. Just a couple of weeks ago, our dentist sent my wife to an oral surgeon to have some work done. Just the fact that the dentist sent us to an "oral surgeon" caused me to worry, but--after all that worry--it went very smoothly and quickly, and without any pain. Here is something interesting that we learned: After he had pulled a couple of her teeth, he removed the gold fillings from the removed teeth. When we left the office, he gave me an envelope and told me to mail it and I would get some money back within a week or two. Sure enough, we did get a small check back in the mail---the money was in exchange for the gold from my wife's removed teeth. Don't worry--Take care..AND when you feel like it, I am sure we will all be here to play the next GG. I do love those games!!! The best moment is always discovering a match--even if it is only a halfer.  While you are away, I will look into games on the Games Board...got to feed that discovery addiction, you know [smile] |
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Post by shield on Mar 5, 2017 17:49:56 GMT
Good luck and hope it goes fast! I did something similar a few years ago and the old saying "This too shall pass" was correct.
I tried your "work-in-progress"-quiz jervis, and I'm stumped so far about the missing word. But I'll keep trying and I'm reasonably sure I can get it in the end. Can you give a hint? First letter? Sounds like...?
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 5, 2017 17:54:01 GMT
Thanks a bunch for providing that link, Kijii. Now I have something to look forward to. I just hope Szell doesn't run out of his supply of Oil of Cloves.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 5, 2017 17:56:56 GMT
Famous Dental moments in Film:
The Strawberry Blonde with mail trained Cagvey
Tony Curtis as The Great Impersonator working on Edmond O'Brien
Tom Hanks pulling his own tooth in Castaway
And Jack Nicholson in Little a shop of Horrors
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Post by jervistetch on Mar 5, 2017 17:58:31 GMT
Thanks for playing, shield. Hint: It rhymes with one of these organs:  p.s. Matt, Costco sells oil of cloves for just $14.99 a barrel. |
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 5, 2017 18:10:46 GMT
Thanks for the visual aid, Jervis -- I think I got the rhyming word now.
'The DEAN of Oz'
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Post by shield on Mar 5, 2017 18:13:19 GMT
Damn, I thought it was
'The KOALA of OZ'
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 5, 2017 18:28:56 GMT
They give you money back for gold fillings, Kijii?? Oh great -- NOW you tell me! I had the chance to get those, but opted instead for the cheaper kind.
Do you know if they pay out for zinc as well??
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 5, 2017 19:13:11 GMT
A few more dentists in movies, Linda:
Hitchcock's first MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1934
Alan Arkin in THE IN-LAWS
Joe Mantegna in COMPROMISING POSITIONS
Walter Matthau in CACTUS FLOWER
Hygenist Janet Leigh works on her boss in WIVES AND LOVERS
Bob Hope is correspondence school dentist 'Painless Potter' in THE PALEFACE
The most expert of them all -- Edgar Buchanan fixing William Holden's cavity in 1941's TEXAS. Before turning to acting, Edgar did actually practice dentisty.
We never see him on the job, but in GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL Burt Lancaster's 'Wyatt' says that Kirk Douglas' 'Holliday' once extracted an Earp tooth.
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Post by OldAussie on Mar 5, 2017 21:39:54 GMT
The Painless Pole in MASH [that's at least a double entendre, maybe triple].
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