The dentist starts to hook up the nitrous oxide, and the man objects.
“No way! I can’t do the gas thing. The thought of having a mask on suffocates me!”
The dentist then asks the patient if he has any objection to taking a pill. “No objection at all,” the patient says.
“I’m fine with pills.
” The dentist then returns and says, “Here’s a Viagra.”
The patient says, “Wow! I didn’t know Viagra worked as a pain killer!”
“It doesn’t,” said the dentist, “but it’s going to give you something to hold on to when I pull your tooth.”
This joke plays on the patient’s 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 “hold onto” during the procedure, is a humorous and unexpected twist, blending medical humor with an element of surprise. It’s 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.
