Office Prank Gone Wild
September 4th, 2007Most of us had a few guffaws at an office prank, and it’s undeniable that we mentally rate these—only a select few will become nearly legendary, resurrected years after the fact. And, indeed, some are more extreme than others. Chew on this: In 1999, oral surgeon Dr. Robert Woo temporarily implanted boar-tusk-shaped bridges into his assistant’s mouth while she was under anesthesia. He took a couple snapshots, then removed the tusks and replaced them with her real implants. I think it’s a riot! I can’t say I’d use one for MySpace, but at least to show to the guys. Not so, Tina. She quit her job and sued. But why the oinker teeth? Some underhanded slight at Ms. Alberts’ weight? Thankfully, No. As it turns out, Ms. Alberts used to raise potbelly pigs, which were a regular brunt of office jokes. And a joke it may have been—a clever one, too, if you ask me. But it raises a question? Might some extreme individual, on a dangerous quest to find himself, actually pay for this? Dr. Woo may have found his niche. I offer exhibit A: The CatMan of San Diego, who has already spent nearly $200,000 on tattoos and plastic surgery to turn himself into a human tiger, is now looking to get—I kid you not—a fur graft. His teeth have already been filed down. Implanted fangs seem like the ultimate way to go. Perhaps Dr. Woo has uncovered a brave new market.
