the hostage

There are days when I really appreciate being in Suite E.  Today was one of those days.

As I've probably mentioned before, our professors like to joke around a little bit.  This week, there have been numerous impersonations of different celebrities.  Dr. C is a big fan of doing a Jersey Shore bit ("Yo, I'm Joey.  I'm ripped.") and Dr. B seems to be favoring Sean Connery and some quote from the movie "Airplane" ("Surely, you can't be serious."  "I am serious...and don't call me Shirley.")  Today, the suite graduated from impersonations to full blown pranks.

This morning, Mindi and I happened to be returning from the specialty scheduling area when Dr. B stopped us as we passed his office.  Apparently Dr. P, the pediatric dentist on staff, had kidnapped his Hermey doll.  (Remember Hermey?  He was the elf that wanted to be a dentist in the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer movie.  Maybe this video will help refresh your memory.)  She had proceeded to send several photos of Hermey playing around in the pedo clinic.

Hermey gets some nitrous oxide.

Dr. B was quite upset when he discovered his missing pal.

Since Dr. P had not been spotted on the 3rd floor today and Hermey had disappeared from a safe location in Dr. B's office, it became apparent that Dr. P had some student help.  Since Mindi wants to be a pediatric dentist and we therefore spend a fair amount of time with Dr. P, we were usual suspects.  However, we were completely innocent this time, which made the prank that much better.  Dr. B good-naturedly threatened to deduct 10 points from the professionalism grade of whoever helped kidnap Hermey, who is now being held hostage.

As with any prank, the best reaction is to not get angry, but to get even.  Dr. P has no idea what we have in store for her next week.  Dr. B, Mindi, and I have already begun planning our retaliation.