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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Oops, did I say that out loud?

Seen in the afternoon papers...





We're at a loss as to how riding across North Carolina will raise public awareness of oral cancer, although we've had some pretty nasty nosebleeds during RAGBRAI.

That's doubly a wicked joke, given that we've never ridden RAGBRAI, and our brother is an oncologist in Raleigh. (Hiya, Charlie! Haven't cleaned that muddy GT up yet!) We are going to hell, and we deserve it. But we did have some unexplained bleeding after the Dakota 50.

2 comments:

Pinchie said...

Seriously, though:


Along the route, he plans to meet with fellow dentists to urge them to continue their efforts to detect oral cancer.


That sure makes it sound as though dental malpractice is a widespread problem, and that the last thing dentists want to do is detect oral cancer.

rigtenzin said...

There must be a national effort going on by some dental association to raise awareness of oral cancer. I was in a dentist office yesterday and saw an informational poster about oral cancer rates. It you don't use tobacco, you are pretty safe. North Carolina is probably a good place for this guy to do his ride.