Need some witty comebacks.

[ingemar]

So I come from a school that sends one student to d-school every year and 1000 kids each to i-banking and medical school. When I tell people I'm going to dental school, I usually get a response somewhere along the lines of, "Oh, so you're going to be looking in mouths all day," or "Why dentistry? Why not medicine?" (Usually from students going to medical school.)

I went through my interviews and have become an expert at answering these very questions in a nerdy and sincere way. But when these questions are asked, by people I do not like, who I do not want to explain myself to, in a snide and condescending way (and they often are), I want a way of ending the conversation in an equally mocking and witty way to make them wish they could be half as cool as me (which is impossible). Got any good ones?

So answer this:

Q: Why dentistry? Why not _______?

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[STIG]

So answer this:

Q: Why dentistry? Why not _______?

I hate to be an ass, but if you can't back that up yourself, you should probably go to i banking too.

😀 jk. I get that all the time too. I just tell them, "I just want to be a plumber."

 

[jigabodo]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=486214

 

[lemoncurry]

This is what I say:

A person chooses dentistry over medicine for the same reason a handyman chooses carpentry over plumbing: he doesn't want to get sh** all over him.

 

[ingemar]

Jigabodo, that's a pretty good link, but it's full of awfully serious answers (except for the plaque-fetish one). I was hoping for ridiculous stuff along the lines of "I want wake up every morning knowing I'm going to stick my tool in someone's mouth." (I think that was on a t-shirt). Or, "So I can help people like you look better..."

 

[Hysteria24]

I usually get a response somewhere along the lines of, "Oh, so you're going to be looking in mouths all day,"

I still get a laugh remembering this quote from Howui3:

"A friend of mine went to the dentist recently. He commented that it must be tough spending all day with your hands in someone's mouth. So I told him, "I just think of it as having my hands in their wallet."

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=241412

That thread may have some stuff you are looking for.

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[Cymbidium]

I still get a laugh remembering this quote from Howui3:

"A friend of mine went to the dentist recently. He commented that it must be tough spending all day with your hands in someone's mouth. So I told him, "I just think of it as having my hands in their wallet."

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=241412

That thread may have some stuff you are looking for.

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Ha! That's the only dental joke I know! Here's a link to some super corny dental jokes:

What does the dentist of the year get?...A little plaque

What does a dentist do on a roller coaster?...He braces himself

http://www.dentalaffairs.com/includes/jokes.htm