Relax Your Mouth
Apparently, the story that was circulating around last week was false. The crazy dentist breakup story was, as some here suggested, a hoax. From Daily Caller:
The tall tale of Marek Olszewski and his jilted lover Anna Mackowiak made its way around the Internet last week after it was first reported by the Daily Mail in London, and picked up by several American news outlets, including The Daily Caller.
The completely false story went like this: Olszewski went to see Mackowiak — whom he had recently dumped — for a toothache. Once she got hold of some anesthesia, however, she just couldn’t help herself from pulling out every pearly-white in his mouth.
MSNBC uncovered hoax by calling the police in Warsaw, Poland who were — again, according to the story — reportedly investigating Mackowiak for medical malpractice. Law enforcement officials there said there was no record of the case, and Poland’s Chamber of Physicians and Dentists could find no such dentist as Mackowiak on the books.
The story was not reported in any Polish newspapers, and most reports of this story can be traced back to the Daily Mail. Simon Tomlinson, whose byline appears on the story, said he doesn’t know where the story came from, so it must have appeared out of thin air — which is just as believable as the dentist story itself.
Nevertheless, I choose to believe that it really happened. Because, you know, pretty awesome urban legend.
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May '10
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I am glad this turned out to be false.
May '10
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It's good to know a writer that respects and appreciates another author's work.
Apr '12
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Do not mess with Polish women.
Dec '11
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I am glad now that I put in my comment "if it is true". It seemed to be medically too time consuming and too "good" to be true. Once again facts get in the way of a good story.
Rob, Cheer up! Tomorrow I am sure you can find something to be "happily" pessimistic about.
May '10
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The ad on the comment page is for "Smile Makeovers" Porcelain Veneers 10% off. Tee hee.
Aug '10
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I wonder if the idea for the story came from an incident in that 1983 movie "Reuben Reuben".
Jun '10
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Just listened to Tom Sowell's Uncommon Knowledge interview wherein he discusses the false unverifiable narratives that modern intellectuals love so much. Rob Long must be an intellectual, at least in Polish amateur dentistry.
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PJS: the ad for this page is now "run background checks!" from "BeenVerified.com."
Ansonia: Peter DeVries didn't have much luck with movie versions, but I remember that one well.
May '12
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It's safe to go into your old girlfriend the dentist's office again ... but better check with Roy Scheider just to make sure ... and if you see Lawrence Olivier or Steve Martin ... run!
May '12
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Well sure, I mean who hasn't been there before?
And here I thought the breakup was over bad skin.
Dec '10
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Once again facts get in the way of a good story.
Facts are the last refuge of people who can't make up something more interesting - James Lileks (quoted from memory)
Dec '10
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Wouldn't that be Dustin Hoffman?
May '12
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Jaws ... and Teeth
Obscure pun, but then again I am a Fozzy fan.
Dec '10
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Edward Smith: Jaws ... and Teeth
Obscure pun, but then again I am a Fozzy fan. · 1 hour ago
I thought you were referring to teeth drilling sequence in Marathon Man.
May '12
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Both, actually. That's why I followed up with Lawrence Olivier.
It's a bit like doing a musical comedy about Pesach, and putting Pharoah, Czar Nicholas I and Adolf Hitler on the stage (then having Nicholas, enraged, chase Hitler off) in a production called What do you do with a people like the Hebrews (set to What do you do with a problem like Maria) in a production call Moische, The Musical.
I like a good non sequiteur.