Dentist: “Anesthesia?”<\/p>\n
Me: “Why do you pose that as a question? It should be a foregone conclusion.”<\/p>\n
Dentist: “C’mon, I’ve only got a little drilling to do. It won’t be bad.”<\/p>\n
Me: “Uh, huh.”<\/p>\n
Dentist: “I’m not a sadist.”<\/p>\n
Me: “…”<\/p>\n
Dentist: “I’m not!”<\/p>\n
Me: “Okay, okay…so how does this work, you have a safe word or something?”<\/p>\n
Dentist: “No, you just raise your hand if you’re in awful pain. No need to scream.”<\/p>\n
Me: “I imagine screaming is bad for business.”<\/p>\n
Dentist: “You’d be surprised. It’s like free advertising.”<\/p>\n
Me: “Fine. Do your worst.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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