At the dentist, or barber

I went to see my old dentist, who was now working as a barber. He was in a large shop with one barber chair (red and white) and many chairs along the walls for waiting customers. I took a seat and a former student (not a favorite student) came in and sat down next to me. She said that it looked like I lost weight, and I thanked her for the compliment. She was there for a cavity: “Too much gin and tonic,” she explained.

My dentist, now barber, stepped out for a break. It seemed that everyone in the complex where he worked took a break at the same time. When he came back in, he was carrying a can of air freshener that he had won in a trivia contest by knowing and singing the song “Keep the Home-Fires Burning.” And everyone in the shop sang the song along with him.

The sources I can think of here: getting crowned last week (thanks, Grape-Nuts), reading a friend’s post with a campfire in it, and buying candles yesterday to, yes, keep the home fires burning. To the best of my knowledge, I have never heard “Keep the Home-Fires Burning,” though I’ve heard an adaptation, “Keep the Campfires Burning,” in an episode of Lassie. And yes, that’s Ken Osmond (better known as Eddie Haskell) near the Scout campsite, ever the saboteur.

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[“Only fools and children talk about their dreams”: Dr. Edward Jeffreys (Robert Douglas), in Thunder on the Hill (dir. Douglas Sirk, 1951).]