I'm going to tell you a funny story, just in case it helps.
TWENTY years ago or so, my sister and I were driving along, and I saw something in the road that I thought was an albino snake. I turned the car around, because I really wanted to see it, and my sister was like, what theheck??? Whhhhyyy? When we got back to the spot, it was gone and my sister was laughing at me, because she thought it was so ridiculous that I thought there might have been an albino snake in the road, and I was like... it's GONE, that PROVES it was a snake, and not just a piece of rope or something.
So began the greatest bet of our lives. I bet her a Mrs. Murphy's donut that I could prove that it was POSSIBLE that it was an albino snake. She took the bet because she couldn't conceive of a way that I could prove it.
I contacted this local nature museum about the issue, and they sent me an official letter saying that it was totally possible that I had seen an albino snake. They themselves had found an albino snake in the wild, and had it on display. Furthermore, they stated, albino snakes are quite commonly sold in pet stores, and people buy them, get sick of taking care of them, and release them into the wild all the time.
I really, really, wish I had saved that letter, because we still talk about this bet all the time. But! I did one better. seven years or so ago, I visited the nature center, and got my picture taken with their albino snake. It's one of my favorite pictures of myself ever.
I hope your day gets better, and yes, definitely get a new dentist.
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TWENTY years ago or so, my sister and I were driving along, and I saw something in the road that I thought was an albino snake. I turned the car around, because I really wanted to see it, and my sister was like, what theheck??? Whhhhyyy? When we got back to the spot, it was gone and my sister was laughing at me, because she thought it was so ridiculous that I thought there might have been an albino snake in the road, and I was like... it's GONE, that PROVES it was a snake, and not just a piece of rope or something.
So began the greatest bet of our lives. I bet her a Mrs. Murphy's donut that I could prove that it was POSSIBLE that it was an albino snake. She took the bet because she couldn't conceive of a way that I could prove it.
I contacted this local nature museum about the issue, and they sent me an official letter saying that it was totally possible that I had seen an albino snake. They themselves had found an albino snake in the wild, and had it on display. Furthermore, they stated, albino snakes are quite commonly sold in pet stores, and people buy them, get sick of taking care of them, and release them into the wild all the time.
I really, really, wish I had saved that letter, because we still talk about this bet all the time. But! I did one better. seven years or so ago, I visited the nature center, and got my picture taken with their albino snake. It's one of my favorite pictures of myself ever.
I hope your day gets better, and yes, definitely get a new dentist.
:)