In my experience doing proper dental hygiene for the few days before my dental appointment results in me not being chastised (An sometimes even being complimented on my teeth), regardless of how terrible I am at doing it normally.
TRUTH! I once worked for a company that shared the same parent company with the makers of Listerine. I was treated to an hour-long lecture on how Listerine is really *not* just as good as flossing. I was like, “Lady, I have zero influence over what commercials show on tv. Can you just poke my gums a bit more and get this over with?!”
I couldn’t really say that, of course, because she was wrist-deep with both hands in my mouth along with the entire contents of the dentist toolbox… but I thought it really hard.
it has been my experience that if a dentist is up to his elbows in your mouth and you try to say something, they will understand you, I’m pretty sure it’s an superpower
Shameful Hitler is one of the best things I’ve seen in this comic (which already trumps all others)! 😀
One unrelated plea: can we get zombie bugs again. I love their look, and it’s been a long time since we had one…
(a zombie Hitler bug would be fine too :-))
Hitlers teeth would have been immaculate I bet. I’ve never met a German that wasn’t a perfectionist. Then again, he was pretttty busy trying to perfect evil and may not have had time for teeth like the strip.
Also tiny Asians are the best dentists I’ve been too. Lady I see is so nimble, it’s less painful than a mosquito even when she’s doing the dreaded drill.
I heard it’s pretty much as you suggested: It seemed he had pretty bad teeth and should have had a set of fake teeth, but he was too busy to get it done.
Is the hint you’ve been to the dentist the fact that the comic is about the dentist?
Yes. But those comics about sexual inadequacy are totally unrelated.
This comment made me laugh louder than the strip did 🙂
And the strips about excessive flatulence?
In my experience doing proper dental hygiene for the few days before my dental appointment results in me not being chastised (An sometimes even being complimented on my teeth), regardless of how terrible I am at doing it normally.
Way to get one over on the dentist/hygienist! You really showed them by not taking care yourself.
Now I’m wondering if the holocaust started out as a way to get rid of nagging dentists!
TRUTH! I once worked for a company that shared the same parent company with the makers of Listerine. I was treated to an hour-long lecture on how Listerine is really *not* just as good as flossing. I was like, “Lady, I have zero influence over what commercials show on tv. Can you just poke my gums a bit more and get this over with?!”
I couldn’t really say that, of course, because she was wrist-deep with both hands in my mouth along with the entire contents of the dentist toolbox… but I thought it really hard.
it has been my experience that if a dentist is up to his elbows in your mouth and you try to say something, they will understand you, I’m pretty sure it’s an superpower
ya…considering it sounds like….I dont know… a zombie of some weird sort….a dental zombie?
Shameful Hitler is one of the best things I’ve seen in this comic (which already trumps all others)! 😀
One unrelated plea: can we get zombie bugs again. I love their look, and it’s been a long time since we had one…
(a zombie Hitler bug would be fine too :-))
In my experience, dentists are less likely to chastise you if you’re honest with them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM
I thought this was why people became dentists.
Hitlers teeth would have been immaculate I bet. I’ve never met a German that wasn’t a perfectionist. Then again, he was pretttty busy trying to perfect evil and may not have had time for teeth like the strip.
Also tiny Asians are the best dentists I’ve been too. Lady I see is so nimble, it’s less painful than a mosquito even when she’s doing the dreaded drill.
I heard it’s pretty much as you suggested: It seemed he had pretty bad teeth and should have had a set of fake teeth, but he was too busy to get it done.
Well, everybody knows Hitler didn’t floss – SMBC already told us: http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1335
I have an automatic flosser that uses water jets to floss. Works perfectly.