My father mentioned to me earlier on MSN that he had taken my niece her dentist’s appointment this afternoon, but that the freezing hadn’t worked so they will have to make another appointment for her another time. Okay, fine. AND NOW, I just have THIS msn conversation with my mom:

Mom says:
I talked to your sister earlier
Mom says:
she dropped in on her way home to see if dad was OK
Louise says:
what’s wrong with dad?
Mom says:
When he pulled into the parking lot at the dentist’s office, some guy
pulled in behind him and started swearing at him
Louise says:
huh?
Mom says:
dad was holding Amanda’s hand and walking to the building,
Louise says:
and some random guy just started cursing at him?
Mom says:
when dad turned around to find out what the guy was swearing at
Louise says:
weird!
Mom says:
the guy punched him and dad ended up flat on his behind
Louise says:
WHAT????
Louise says:
Okay how come he didn’t mention any of that to me???
Mom says:
then the guy ran to his vehicle and yelled I’M SORRY and drove away
Mom says:
he didn’t want to worry you i guess
he said the guy scratched him with one hand and punched with the other, he did knock the glasses off with the hand that was scratching
Mom says:
but didn’t break them
Louise says:
So dad was assaulted? Did he talk to the police?
Mom says:
Ya he called and told them what happened cause the dentist called them first

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Uhm. Some random dude just ran up to my dad and clocked him one! Then my niece was so upset about it that the freezing didn’t work on her.
Strange days in Summerside.