A tooth model and small closed powder vial stand between a dental mirror and handpiece.

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Walter Getz

The best thing about being a dentist. Pure pharmaceutical grade. Couple of lines of this, I could drill my own teeth.

— Peggy Sue Got Married  ·  1986

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The dentist boasts that access to powerful drugs is a perk of the job, exaggerating that they could even drill their own teeth. The joke turns professional confidence into reckless bravado.

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