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The Ronaldo look..!

The famous, hard working dentist looked open mouthed at his young patient who was lying with his mouth clenched tightly shut in the dental chair, "You want what for him?, he roared at the father who was standing by his side .

"The Ronaldo look," said the father, who the dentist knew was a millionaire ten times over. "Ronaldo is the Brazilian footballer you know." "I know who Ronaldo is," said the dentist testily, "But Ronaldo should have been taken to a orthodontic when he was small, he has got a large, protruding set of front teeth!"

The little boy in the dental chair shook his head furiously.

"That's exactly what my son wants," said the boy's father approvingly. "I will have to place metal bands around each of his front teeth, that push outward instead of inward," said the famous dentist worriedly.

"That way his upper jaw will be stretched out and the two front teeth will overlap, and hang out of his mouth,"

"Excellent," said the boy's father as his son gave a thumbs up sign to the doctor.

"But this will definitely produce malocclusion," said the dentist.

"What's that?," asked the father.

"Bad bite," said the dentist. This happens when the teeth are too large for the amount of space available" "Sounds exactly what my son wants," said the businessman approvingly, as his son made grunting noises and pretended he was biting into something. "Your son is biting into my drill" said the dentist angrily.

"With bad bite nothing will happen to your drill," said the father calmly.

"Your son may not look very nice," warned the dentist.

The father of the little boy jumped up in time and flung his arm around his son who had sprung, livid with rage in front of the dentist. "My son did not like what you just said," explained the father. "How dare you say that Ronaldo is not good looking. My son feels that he is the handsomest man in the world. He feels you are not a Brazilian fan. Are you on the side of the English team?" "The English team?" asked the bewildered doctor.

"Are you on Beckham's side or Ronaldo's?" "I have no interest in feet," said the dentist simply. "I am a dentist." "Good," said the father as the little boy settled down in the chair.

"You may find the teeth difficult to clean later," said the dentist as he readied the braces.

"If Ronaldo doesn't clean his teeth, why should my son do so?" asked the father with a shrug. "Come on doctor lets get on with the treatment. Do you want any advance to be paid?" " There are two royalties that will be included in the bill," said the dentist as he hammered the wicked looking braces outward.

"Royalties? To whom?" "A cheque to the Ronaldo Replica Society for copying the footballers features and the other amount to the Walt Disney Foundation for using the Mickey Mouse look..!"

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