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by cf100clunk 453 days ago
It brings to mind the classic scifi film Soylent Green, in which we see the last moments of Solomon Roth's (Edward G. Robinson) life journey end to wall screen visuals of nature in springtime, accompanied by Beethoven's Sixth Symphony (the Pastoral).

May you not face your demise or dental work for a long time, but may it be as gentle.

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That's one of the kinder random benedictions I've seen in a while! One of the best I've heard, along with "May your life be free of hemorrhoid pain and discomfort", uttered decades ago by a man on the street in NY to whom I had given a quarter.