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Introduction I have an aversion to doctors, dentists, and needles. Do you have the same testimony? When you sit in the dentist chair, the assistant comes in with a needle and says, “Now, this won’t hurt . . .” – she is lying. They are all a pack of liars! I remember going in for some x‑rays for which I had to drink something so the technicians could track it on a machine. The doctor said to me, “Here, drink this, it tastes like a milkshake.” It tasted like sludge – whatever that tastes like. I am convinced that you cannot get a medical degree without being able to lie with a straight face. “This will only take a moment . . .” “This will pinch for just a second . . .” Yeah, right. Several years ago, pain from a chipped tooth finally drove me to make an appointment with a dentist. I had been taking pain relievers for months and finally knew I had to do something about it, so I went to the dentist. After taking x‑rays of all my teeth, he informed me that I had not one, but three broken teeth and I needed three crowns. I think a crown is an appropriate name, because only kings and queens can afford them. Amen? Nearly two hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to a friend in which he stated, “The art of life is the avoiding of pain,” which proves he never went to the dentist either.
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