Overheard in Austin

Location: the research lab that took out my wisdom teeth, where today study participants received a final check up and had horrible, horrible-tasting decayed food washed out of our wounds.

NURSE: I just have to ask you one more thing. How did you know what embalming fluid tastes like?

PATIENT (not paying attention): Huh? When? I, what?

NURSE: Here (refers to paperwork) you said the inside of your mouth tasted like embalming fluid. I was just curious how you knew that.

PATIENT: Oh, I smoked it this one time.