Wednesday 4 January 2012

Not all dentists are suicidal


Here is my German dentist friend (on the right) celebrating New Year's Eve at the little gay bar around the corner from where he lives.

They are standing on the stage of a tiny theatre at the back of the bar (run by an extremely camp Dutchman) which is host to a spectacular transvestite review once a week. Thomas is a part-time D.J. when he's not pulling teeth, so I think this was a 60s disco.

I met one of the main tranny stars when I was there - a 70 year-old man who you just could not imagine dressed up as a woman. He also owns a fabulous vintage sailing ship, moored up in the nearby docks, so I guess he doesn't do the reviews for money.

My friend loves this place so much that he takes all the nursing staff there once a year for the annual celebrations. Germany's a funny place - full of contradictions.

14 comments:

  1. All dentists have to be a bit odd, simply because they wanted to become dentists in the first place!

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  2. You certainly see life down there Tom.

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  3. For 25 years I was a nurse. Did any of my employers take me anywhere fun like this? They did not. Instead they took me to conferences where I was taught how to insert tubes into every oriface imaginable.

    Germany rocks

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  4. sheesh"....gay dentists....... they're getting everywhere

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  5. He did it for the money, but so far he hasn't made any - 7 euros is legally the max for an extraction in Germany. £100 is the minimum here.

    Down where, Weaver???

    I hope you are now cashing in on your knowledge of tube insertion, Donna O'.

    You didn't read it properly, John. He's not gay.

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  6. I've just included another photo of him with an extremely pretty young woman (he's the one on the right - again). I asked him if she was his new girlfriend, and he said, "No - I just rented her for the night."

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  7. I thought that being German, I would have a bunch of very profound things to say about this Germany which is full of contradictions, but I'm drawing a complete blank.

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  8. I wish, John...

    I didn't know you were German, Iris. I am now wondering if I have said many racist things about the Hun in the recent past. Oh well, you probably wouldn't have understood anyway. (lol)

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  9. Hehe! You have never offended me. As a matter of fact, things have been quite funny. And I would just like to point out that, although I am German, I AM able to pronounce the English "th" correctly. No "s" sound here! I sink, serefore I am.

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  10. Damn. I love offending Germans. My friends who stayed this summer (the dentist and the gay one) told me that there is a man with Tourette's syndrome in their town, and his speciality is to go into a crowded waiting room, and shout: "HEIL HITLER!!!" then leave quickly.

    I would love to see that.

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