Eye, Tooth, Arm and Leg

I'm thinking "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" was misquoted. I believe it should be, "An eye for an eye and an arm and a leg for a tooth!"

I had my teeth cleaned and the dentist told me I had a little cavity that needed filling. "Great," I say, "It doesn't hurt at all! Let's do it!" So the day before my appointment to have it filled, I'm eating a nice soft piece of bread and you guessed it, the back half of my tooth drops off! I go in and the dental assistant assures me it's not so bad. We can still fill it. Then comes "Dr. X" with his handy dandy tooth drill! Yikes!!!, "Yes, of course that hurts! You're drilling my tooth!" I yell. He proceeds to tell me he's given me enough Novocaine to drop a horse (not his exact words, but close). Well, to make a long procedure short, he tells me I have two choices: 1. pull the stinkin' tooth, or 2. get a root canal and crown. Of course I'm remembering all the pain and suffering I went through with braces and I dread having that lovely evenness in my mouth disturbed, so I say root canal without hesitation. I go to the front desk, they make me an appointment, tell me it will be $950.00 for the root canal and then we'll talk about the crown (I've heard vicious rumors that it could be as much as $1200.00)! When I have sufficiently recovered I point at my tooth and say, "I don't need a crown crown, just a little one for my little tooth..." The receptionist did not think that was one bite, ummm, bit funny! ARGH!!!! I should have said "pull the sucker!"

Okay, maybe I took the quote out of context, but the truth remains, it is an arm and a leg for a tooth.