“You Know, For an Extra $100 I Can Whiten Those Teeth For You. You Ought To Consider It. You Have a Lovely Smile.”
A Texas dentist serves wine to patients in his waiting room.
“I really got tired of people not liking to go to the dentist saying, ‘hey I don’t like to go to the dentist no offense.’ Well it’s kind of an offense because it’s what we do all day,” (Dr. Clint) Herzog said.
While Dr. Herzog is clearly just being hospitable — he also serves beer — I’d like to point out that teeth whitening is an exploding revenue source for dentists. According to this less-than-credible site it accounts for $11 billion a year in dental income. That’s a lot of vacation homes, and it seems to me that having your patients’ teeth dulled by a little red wine just before you show them their smiles in a mirror wouldn’t do any harm to that particular revenue stream.
But then, I’m cynical.
May 19th, 2011 at 7:57 AM
I guess his customers developed tolerance to nitrogen oxide and codeine…
May 19th, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Here’s the thing, Thomas. I have rules around here, and Rule #1 is that you’re allowed to be smarter than I am, but you’re not allowed to be funnier. The above comment was a lot funnier than anyone is going to give you credit for, but you can bet your ass I noticed. In fact, it too funny. So watch it. I’m keeping my eye on you.
May 19th, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Yeah, well, I got the joke wrong. Isn’t it nitrous oxide?
So I’m smarter, funnier, and clumsier than you.
May 19th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
You are allowed to be clumsier than I am, though realistically it’s not likely.