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John McPherson makes us howl at his adroit mix of everyday settings and extraordinary events. John’s offbeat, oddball characters turn up in familiar places, but their actions are always hilarious and unexpected.
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uncorked said, 4 months ago
Look up Bill Cosby’s dentist monolog.
FlyerTom said, 4 months ago
How can you “feel” Novocaine?
daniel_bel said, 4 months ago
There’s no doubt you feel very well when you’ve been novocained…
I remember the face of my dentist when he discovered, after the intervention, that I came to his cabinet with my motorcycle…
Mind you, I didn’t consider that a problem at all, cool man…
Doctor Toon said, 4 months ago
I had bad teeth most of my life and spent more time in the dentist chair than most anyone I knew
Never liked Novocaine and had a dentist that was willing to compensate by turning the Nitrous Oxide gas up past the normal limits
(I assured him that I had vast experience with altered states of consciousness)
Don’t know how I looked in the dentist chair, but I felt about as loose as the guy in the cartoon today
Without Novocaine I could still feel the pain, but with the Nitrous I didn’t care
J. Short
said, 4 months ago
Hey Numb Nuts.
prfesser said, 4 months ago
That looks about right.
galanti said, 4 months ago
I remember taking my firstborn to the oral surgeon. Very nice waiting room – current magazines equally distributed between chick mags and guy mags. Most of the kids were of the hulking highschool type. Couldn’t figure out why people were called into the surgery but no one came out through the waiting room. I was starting to worry until my son was called in and discovered that there was a separate exit from the recovery room so waiting patients wouldn’t be frightened off by the sight of a 6’2" football player who looked like this guy being half carried out – half staggering out by his mother.
Zuhlamon said, 4 months ago
yeah, the Halcyon the nice nurse gave me really helped. Last month, when a dude like the guy in this ‘toon staggered out like a bloody zombie, I got a lot of nervous laughter when I commented: "Well, it looks like some body’s appointment went horribly awry…"
emjaycee said, 3 months ago
@
??? FIVE wisdom teeth? Dang!
Ather said, 3 months ago
A grown up Garbage Pail Kid
hippogriff said, 3 months ago
At 12, I had mumps. Later that year, I had impacted third molars removed under nitrous oxide. By actual photographic evidence, I had more swelling from the teeth.
Hunter7 said, 3 months ago
Is there a take home bag for the Novacaine?