Kliban by B. Kliban for August 27, 2021

Gee, everybody’s dressed.

Reminds me of the guy who said his grandma had died in the way everyone would hope to, just sat down in a chair, and that was it. Not so nice for the dentist…

I always get those two mixed up.

Good work on the plumbing and electrical there, Sid.

What about Herschel the Accountant?

If the baptist baptizes, does the dentist dentize?

Sid better watch out for Salome.

Locust shells get stuck in John’s teeth, and honey causes cavities.

The Am. Dent. Assoc. is trying to get dental care kept out of the proposed increase in Medicare. And if they can’t keep it out altogether, they hope to have it means-tested such that only people with less than 3x the poverty level would be able to get it. Even 4x the poverty level is still too low to get meaningful care for someone living on Medicare.

And here we all thought dentistry was one of the “caring professions”.