An extremely nervous patient came to the dental office for root-canal surgery. He was brought into the examining room and made comfortable in the reclining dental chair. The dentist then injected a numbing agent around the patient's tooth, and left the room for a few minutes while the medication took hold. When the dentist returned, the patient was standing next to a tray of dental equipment. “What are you doing by the surgical instruments?” asked the surprised dentist. Focused on his task, the patient replied, “I'm taking out the ones I don't like.”
一個非常緊張的病人到牙醫(yī)診所做根管手術(shù)。他被帶進診療室,在牙科躺椅上躺下來。牙醫(yī)把麻藥注射到病人的牙齒周圍,然后讓他留在那里幾分鐘,讓麻藥起作用。當牙醫(yī)回來的時候,看見病人站在放牙醫(yī)器械的盤子旁邊。牙醫(yī)驚奇地問:“你在手術(shù)器械旁邊干什么?”病人仍然專注于他的工作,答道:“我在把我不喜歡的東西挑出去?!?