{"id":3831,"date":"2024-11-15T08:59:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2024-11-15T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:59:59","slug":"patients-fear-of-needles-leads-to-hilarious-dental-solution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=3831","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPatient\u2019s Fear of Needles Leads to Hilarious Dental Solution!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo way! No needles! I can\u2019t stand them!\u201d the patient exclaims.<\/p>\n<p>The dentist then reaches for the nitrous oxide, but the man immediately objects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo chance! I\u2019m not doing gas either. Just thinking about the mask makes me feel like I\u2019m suffocating!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dentist pauses, then asks, \u201cHow about taking a pill instead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo problem at all,\u201d the patient replies. \u201cPills are fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dentist hands him a pill and says, \u201cHere\u2019s some Viagra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The patient, surprised, asks, \u201cWait, Viagra works as a painkiller?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t,\u201d the dentist replies, \u201cbut it\u2019ll give you something to hold onto while I pull your tooth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18329 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypositive24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/466672790_122131710014529247_1934251371859984294_n.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailypositive24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/466672790_122131710014529247_1934251371859984294_n.jpg 510w, https:\/\/dailypositive24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/466672790_122131710014529247_1934251371859984294_n-255x300.jpg 255w\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"600\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>This joke plays on the patient\u2019s extreme aversion to needles and gas, leading the dentist to a tongue-in-cheek suggestion involving Viagra, which is not a painkiller. The punchline, implying that the Viagra is intended to give the patient something to \u201chold onto\u201d during the procedure, is a humorous and unexpected twist, blending medical humor with an element of surprise. It\u2019s a classic example of a setup where the solution to one problem (pain management) is presented with a twist that takes the listener in a completely different, amusing direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo way! No needles! I can\u2019t stand them!\u201d the patient exclaims. The dentist then reaches for the nitrous oxide, but the man immediately objects. \u201cNo chance! I\u2019m not doing gas either. Just thinking about the mask makes me feel like I\u2019m suffocating!\u201d The dentist pauses, then asks, \u201cHow about taking a pill instead?\u201d \u201cNo problem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3832,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions\/3832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}