Advertiser Jokes
After watching
sales falling off for three straight months at Kentucky Fried Chicken, the Colonel calls up the
Pope and asks for a favor.
The Pope says, "What can I do?"
The Colonel says, "I need you to change the daily prayer from, 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken'. If you do it, I'll donate 10 Million Dollars to the Vatican."
The Pope replies, "I am sorry. That is the Lord's prayer and I can not change the words." So the Colonel hangs up.
The Pope says, "What can I do?"
The Colonel says, "I need you to change the daily prayer from, 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken'. If you do it, I'll donate 10 Million Dollars to the Vatican."
The Pope replies, "I am sorry. That is the Lord's prayer and I can not change the words." So the Colonel hangs up.
After another
month of dismal sales, the Colonel panics, and calls again. "Listen your
Excellency. I really need your help. I'll donate $50 million dollars if you
change the words of the daily prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to
'Give us this day our daily chicken.'"
And the Pope responds, "It is very tempting, Colonel Sanders. The church could do a lot of good with that much money. It would help us to support many charities. But, again, I must decline. It is the Lord's prayer, and I can't change the words."
And the Pope responds, "It is very tempting, Colonel Sanders. The church could do a lot of good with that much money. It would help us to support many charities. But, again, I must decline. It is the Lord's prayer, and I can't change the words."
So the Colonel
gives up again. After two more months of terrible sales. The Colonel gets
desperate. "This is my final offer, your Excellency. If you change the
words of the daily prayer from, 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us
this day our daily chicken' I will donate $100 million to the Vatican."
The Pope replies, "Let me get back to you."
The Pope replies, "Let me get back to you."
So the next day, the Pope calls together all of his bishops and he says,
"I have some good news and I have some bad news. The good news is that KFC
is going to donate $100 million to the Vatican."
The bishops rejoice at the news. Then one asks about the bad news. The Pope replies, "The bad news is that we lost the Wonder Bread account."
The bishops rejoice at the news. Then one asks about the bad news. The Pope replies, "The bad news is that we lost the Wonder Bread account."
One of life's disappointments is discovering that the man who writes the bank's ads is not the one who makes the loans.
Two little boys go into the grocery store. One is nine, one is four. The nine year old grabs a box of tampons from the shelf and carries it to the register for check-out.
The cashier asks
"Oh, these must be for your mom, huh?"
The nine year old replies "Nope, not for my mom."
The nine year old replies "Nope, not for my mom."
Without
thinking, the cashier responded "Well, they must be for your sister
then?"
The nine year old quipped, "Nope, not for my sister either."
The nine year old quipped, "Nope, not for my sister either."
The cashier had
now become curious "Oh. Not for your mom and not for your sister, who are
they for?"
The nine year old says "They're for my four year old little brother."
The nine year old says "They're for my four year old little brother."
The cashier is
surprised "Your four year old little brother??"
The nine year old explains: "Well yeah, they say on TV if you wear
one of these you can swim or ride a bike and my little brother can't do either
of them!"
A young woman, several months pregnant, boarded a bus and sat opposite a young man, he smiled, and feeling embarrassed she changed her seat. But it was to no avail, for the young man smiled even more broadly when she sat down. Again she moved to another seat, he grinned and again after the fourth move, the young man just rolled up and roared with laughter. The woman complained and duly summoned him.
Judge: Well,
young man, have you anything to say in your defense against this charge?
The young man: Well, your Honor, when the young lady entered the bus,
her condition was obvious. However, that did not prompt my smile, but she sat
under an advertisement that read: "Coming shortly - The Gold Rush
Twins." The lady seemed indignant when I smiled and she got up and took
another seat beneath a shaving stick advertisement, which read: "William's
stick did the trick." She moved a third time and sat beneath a poster that
read: "Sloane's liniments will remove swelling." It was after she had
moved her seat fourth time that I lost control of my merriment for the above
was a slogan: "Dunlop Rubber Goods would have prevented this
accident."
An advertising team is working very late at night on a project due the next morning. Suddenly, a Genie appears before them and offers to each of them one wish.
The copywriter
says: "I've always dreamed of writing the great American novel and having
my work studied in schools across the land. I'd like to go to a tropical island
where I can concentrate and write my masterpiece."
The Genie says, "No problem!" and poof! The copywriter is gone.
The Genie says, "No problem!" and poof! The copywriter is gone.
The art director
says: "I want to create a painting so beautiful that it would hang in the Louvre Museum in Paris for all the world to admire. I want to
go to the French countryside to work on my painting."
The Genie says, "Your wish is granted!" and poof! The art director is gone.
The Genie says, "Your wish is granted!" and poof! The art director is gone.
The Genie then turns to the account executive and says, "And what
is your wish?"
The account executive says, "I want those two assholes back here right now."
The account executive says, "I want those two assholes back here right now."
You go to a party and see a sexy girl across the room. You go up to her and say, "Hi, I'm fantastic in bed, what about it?"
That's Direct Marketing.
You go to a party
and see a sexy girl across the room. You approach her to get her telephone
number. The next day you call and say, "Hi, I'm fantastic in bed, what
about it?"
That's Telemarketing.
That's Telemarketing.
You go to a
party and see a sexy girl across the room. Your friend goes to her and says,
"Hi, my friend over there is fantastic in bed, what about it?"
That's Advertising.
That's Advertising.
You go to a
party and see a sexy girl across the room. You get up, straighten your clothes,
approach her and pour her a drink. You open the door for her, pick up her bag
after it drops, offer her a ride, and then say, "By the way, I'm fantastic
in bed."
That's Public Relations.
That's Public Relations.
You go to a party and see a sexy girl across the room. She comes over
and says, "Hi, I hear you're fantastic in bed, what about it?"
That's the power of Branding!
That's the power of Branding!
Daniel J. Boorstin
- The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read "Are you lactating?"
- Coors put its slogan, "Turn It Loose," into Spanish, where it was read as "Suffer From Diarrhea."
- Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."
- Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick," a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the "Manure Stick."
- When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the labels of what's inside, since many people can't read.
- Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.
- An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I Saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I Saw the Potato" (la papa).
- Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese.
- Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate."
- When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class seats in the Mexican market, it translated its "Fly In Leather" campaign literally, which meant "Fly Naked" (vuela en cuero) in Spanish.
- Hunt-Wesson introduced Big John products in French Canada as Gros Jos. Later they found out that in slang it means "big breasts".
- Bank Caixa Econômica Federal in Brazil offered in an advertisment "HOT MONEY" (in english), obviously unaware of the fact that hot money means "Stolen Money" in normal slang.
- The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "kokou kole", translating into "happiness in the mouth."
- When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you."The company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant"
Good times, bad times, there will always be advertising. In good times people want to advertise; in bad times they have to.
Bruce Barton
No matter what your topcoat is made of, this miracle spray will make
it really repellent.
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For sale: an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large
drawers.
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We do not tear your clothing with machinery. We
do it carefully by hand.
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Now is your chance to have your ears pierced and get an extra pair to
take home, too.
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Toaster: A gift that every member of the family appreciates. Automatically
burns toast.
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Dinner Special -- Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25;
Children $2.00.
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Have several very old dresses from grandmother in beautiful condition.
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Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it.
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Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children.
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If you think you've seen everything in Paris, visit the Père Lachasis Cemetery. It boasts such immortals as Moliere,
Chopin and Jean de la Fontain.
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For sale: a quilted high chair that can be made into a table, pottie
chair, rocking horse, refrigerator, spring coat, size 8 and fur collar.
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Sheer stockings. Designed for fancy dress, but so serviceable that
lots of women wear nothing else.
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Auto Repair Service. Free pick-up and delivery. Try
us once, you'll never go anywhere again.
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Used Cars: Why go elsewhere to be cheated? Come
here first!
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Modular Sofas. Only $299. For rest or fore play.
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We build bodies that last a lifetime.
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Semi-Annual after-Christmas Sale.
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And now, the Superstore - unequaled in size, unmatched in variety,
unrivaled inconvenience.
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For Sale: parachute, used once, never opened, small stain.
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How advertisers do it...
Advertisers do
it publicly.
Advertisers do it originally.
Advertisers do it with a lot of noise.
Advertisers do it within thirty seconds.
Advertisers do it with promises to be the best.
Advertisers use the "new, improved" method.
Advertisers just do it.
Advertisers do it originally.
Advertisers do it with a lot of noise.
Advertisers do it within thirty seconds.
Advertisers do it with promises to be the best.
Advertisers use the "new, improved" method.
Advertisers just do it.
Insurance Agents Jokes
Three guys are
fishing in the Caribbean. One guy says, "I had a terrible
fire; lost everything. Now the insurance company is paying for everything and
that's why I'm here."
The second guy
says, "I had a terrible explosion; lost everything. Now the insurance
company is paying for everything and that's why I'm here."
The third guy
says, "What a coincidence. I had a terrible flood; lost everything. Now
the insurance company is paying for everything and that's why I'm here."
The other guys turned to him with confusion and asked, "Flood? How
do you start a flood?"
Life insurance agent to would-be client: "Don't let me frighten you into a hasty decision. Sleep on it tonight. If you wake in the morning, give me a call then and let me know."
"You ought to feel highly honored," said the businessman to the life insurance agent, "so far today I have had my secretary turn away seven insurance agents."
"Yes, I know," replied the agent, "I'm them."
A man walks into an insurance office and asks for a job.
"We don't need any one," they replied.
"You can't afford not to hire me. I can sell anyone anytime any thing."
"We have two prospects that no one has been able to sell. If you can sell just one, you have a job."
He was gone for about two hours and returned and handed them two checks, one for a $80,000 policy and another for a $50,000 policy.
"How in the world did you do that," they asked.
"I told you I'm the world's best salesman, I can sell anyone anywhere anytime."
"Did you get a urine sample?" they asked him.
"What's that?" he asked. "Well, if you sell a policy over $40,000 the company requires a urine sample. Take these two bottles and go back and get urine samples."
He was gone for about eight hours and then he walks in with two five gallon buckets, one in each hand. He sets the buckets down and reaches in his shirt pocket and produces two bottles of urine and sets them on the desk and says, "Here's Mr. Brown's and this one is Mr. Smith's."
"That's good," they said, "but what's in those two buckets?"
"Well, I passed by the school house and they were having a state teachers convention and I sold them a group policy!"
- The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intention.
- The accident occurred when I was attempting to bring my car out of a skid by steering it into the other vehicle.
- I was driving my car out of the driveway in the usual manner, when it was struck by the other car in the same place it had been struck several times before.
- Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
- The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
- As I approached the intersection, a stop sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
- The telephone pole was approaching fast. I was attempting to swerve out of its path when it struck my front end.
- An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle and vanished.
- I thought my window was down but found it was up when I put my hand through it.
- To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
- A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
- The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ran him over.
- I saw the slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car.
Policemen Jokes
While the pope
was visiting the USA, he told the driver of his limo that he has the sudden urge to drive.
The driver was a good Catholic man, and would not ever dream of questioning the
pope's authority. So the pope sat at the wheel, while his driver got in the
back.
They were traveling down the road doing between 70 and 80 mph, when a policeman happened to see them.
As he pulled them over, he called in to headquarters reporting a speeding limo,
with a VIP inside it.
The chief asked: "Who is in the limo, the mayor?"
The policeman told him: "No, someone more important than the mayor."
Then the chief asked "Is it the governor?"
The policeman answered: "No, someone more important than the governor."
The chief finally asked: "Is it the President?"
The policeman answered: "No, someone even more important than the President."
This made the chief very angry and he bellowed: "Now who is more important than the President?!"
The policeman calmly whispered: "I'll put it to you this way chief. I don't know who is this guy, but he has the pope as his chauffeur."
The chief asked: "Who is in the limo, the mayor?"
The policeman told him: "No, someone more important than the mayor."
Then the chief asked "Is it the governor?"
The policeman answered: "No, someone more important than the governor."
The chief finally asked: "Is it the President?"
The policeman answered: "No, someone even more important than the President."
This made the chief very angry and he bellowed: "Now who is more important than the President?!"
The policeman calmly whispered: "I'll put it to you this way chief. I don't know who is this guy, but he has the pope as his chauffeur."
A police officer pulls over this guy who had been weaving in and out of the lanes. He goes up to the guy's window and says "Sir, I need you to blow into this breathalyzer tube."
The man says, "Sorry officer I can't do that. I am an asthmatic. If I do that I'll have a really bad asthma attack."
"Okay,
fine. I need you to come down to the station to give a blood sample."
"I can't do that either. I am a hemophiliac. If I do that, I'll bleed to death."
"I can't do that either. I am a hemophiliac. If I do that, I'll bleed to death."
"Well, then
we need a urine sample."
"I'm sorry officer I can't do that either. I am also a diabetic. If I do that I'll get really low blood sugar."
"I'm sorry officer I can't do that either. I am also a diabetic. If I do that I'll get really low blood sugar."
"Alright then I need you to come out here and walk this white
line."
"I can't do that, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm too drunk to do that."
"I can't do that, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm too drunk to do that."
A policeman pulls a man over for speeding and asks him to get out of the car. After looking the man over he says, "Sir, I couldn't help but notice your eyes are bloodshot. Have you been drinking?"
The man gets really indignant and says, "Officer, I couldn't help
but notice your eyes are glazed. Have you been eating
doughnuts?"
A man who is driving a car is stopped by a police officer.
The Officer: "You were going at least 75 in a 55 zone."
Man: "No sir, I was going 60."
Wife: "Oh, Harry. You were going 80."
Officer: "I'm also going to give you a ticket for your broken tail light."
Man: "Broken tail light? I didn't know about a broken tail light!"
Wife: "Oh Harry, you've known about that tail light for weeks."
Officer: "I'm also going to give you a citation for not wearing your seat belt."
Man: "Oh, I just took it off when you were walking up to the car."
Wife: "Oh, Harry, you never wear your seat belt."
Man turns to his wife and yells: "Shut your damn mouth!"
Officer turns to the woman and asks, "Ma'am, does your husband talk to you this way all the time?"
Wife: "No, only when he's drunk."
Late one Friday night a policeman spotted a man driving very erratically through the streets of Dublin. He pulled the man over and asked him if he had been drinking that evening.
"Aye, so I
have. 'Tis Friday, you know, so me and the lads stopped by the pub where I had
six or seven pints. And then there was something called "Happy Hour"
and they served these mar-gar-itos which are quite good. I had four or five o'
those. Then I had to drive me friend Mike home and O' course I had to go in for
a couple of Guiness - couldn't be rude, ye know. Then I stopped on the way home
to get another bottle for later ..." And the man fumbled around in his
coat until he located his bottle of whiskey, which he held up for inspection.
The officer
sighed, and said, "Sir, I'm afraid I'll need you to step out of the car
and take a breathalyzer test."
Indignantly, the man said, "Why? Don't ye believe
me?!?"
A policeman
stops a lady and asks for her license. He says "Lady, it says here that
you should be wearing glasses."
The woman
answered "Well, I have contacts."
The policeman
replied "I don't care who you know! You're getting a
ticket!"
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.
The CIA goes in.
They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and
mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude
that rabbits do not exist.
The FBI goes in.
After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it,
including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.
The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten
bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!"
"When I saw you driving down the road, I guessed 55 at least."
"You're wrong, officer, it's only my hat that makes me look that old."
A police officer stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street. "But officer," the man began, "I can explain."
"Just be
quiet," snapped the officer. "I'm going to let you cool your heels in
jail until the chief gets back."
"But,
officer, I just wanted to say,"
"And I said
to keep quiet! You're going to jail!"
A few hours
later the officer looked in on his prisoner and said, "Lucky for you that
the chief's at his daughter's wedding... He'll be in a good mood when he gets
back."
"Don't count on it," answered the fellow in the cell. "I'm
the groom."
A tourist asks a man in uniform, "Are you a policeman?"
"No, I am an undercover detective."
"So why are you in uniform?"
"Today is my day off."
A man was recently flying to New York. He decided to strike up a conversation with his seat mate. "I've got a great policeman joke. Would you like to hear it?"
"I should
let you know first that I am a policeman."
"That's OK. I'll tell it really slow!"
A man pulls up to the curb and asks the policeman, "Can I park here?"
"No," says the cop.
"What about all these other cars?"
"They didn't ask!"
Henny Youngman
A policeman is on scene at a terrible accident - body parts everywhere. He is making his notes of where the pieces are and comes across a head. He writes in his notebook: "Head on bullevard" and scratchs out his spelling error. "Head on bouelevard" Nope, doesn't look right - scratch scratch. "Head on boolevard..." dang it! Scratch scratch. He looks around and sees that no one is looking at him as he kicks the head. "Head on curb."
The doctor said,
"Well, this Ph.D. brain costs $10,000. This brain belonged to a NASA top
scientist and costs $15,000. Here we have a policeman's brain as well. It costs
$50,000."
The client
asked, "What? How's that possible?"
The doctor replied, "You see, it's totally unused."
- I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
- Hey, is that a 9mm? That's nothing compared to this 44 magnum.
- Hey, you must have been doing 125 to keep up with me, good job.
- Sorry officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
- I was going to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
- What do you mean have I been drinking? You are the trained specialist.
- Wow, you look just like the guy in the picture on my girlfriends night stand.
- I thought you had to be in relatively good physical shape to be a police officer.
- I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes I know there is no other car around, that's how far they are ahead of me.
- Is it true that people become cops because they are too dumb to work at McDonalds?
- Well, when I reached down to pick up my bag of crack, my gun fell off of my lap and got lodged between the brake and the gas pedal, forcing me to speed out of control.
You Might Be a Cop if...
- people shout, "I didn't do it!" when you walk into a room.
- your idea of a good time is an armed robbery at shift change.
- you disbelieve 90% of what you hear and 75% of what you see.
- you believe the government should require a permit to reproduce.
- you believe prozac should be added regularly to the water system.
- when you mention vegetables, you're not referring to the food group.
- you want to hold a seminar entitled "Suicide - getting it right the first time."
- you call for a criminal record check on anyone who seems friendly toward you.
- you believe anyone who says, "I only had two beers" is going to blow over 150.
you walk into places and people think it's high comedy to seize a
co-worker and shout, "They've come to get you...".
How cops do it...
Cops do it by
the book.
Cops do it with handcuffs.
Detectives do it under cover.
Policemen do it without a break for 12 hours.
Cops do it with handcuffs.
Detectives do it under cover.
Policemen do it without a break for 12 hours.
Dentist Jokes
Dentist: I have to pull the aching tooth, but don't worry it will take
just five minutes.
Patient: And how much will it cost?
Dentist: It's $90.00.
Patient: $90.00 for just a few minutes work???
Dentist: I can extract it very slowly if you like.
Patient: And how much will it cost?
Dentist: It's $90.00.
Patient: $90.00 for just a few minutes work???
Dentist: I can extract it very slowly if you like.
"I'm sorry
sir." she replied. "He's out right now, but..."
"Thank you," interrupted the obviously nervous prospective
patient. "When will he be out again ?"
A husband and wife entered the dentist's office. The husband said, "I want a tooth pulled. I don't want gas or Novocain because I'm in a terrible hurry. Just pull the tooth as quickly as possible."
"You're a
brave man," said the dentist. "Now, show me which tooth it is."
The husband turns to his wife and says, "Open your mouth and show
the dentist which tooth it is, dear."
Dentist begging the patient: Could you help me? Could you give out a few of your loudest, most painful screams?
Patient: Why? Doc, it isn't all that bad this time.
Dentist: There are so many people in the waiting room right now and I don't want to miss the 4 o'clock ball game.
Patient: "It must be tough spending all day with your hands in someone's mouth."
Dentist: "I just think of it as having my hands in their wallet."
"I am sorry, madam, but I shall have to charge you hundred dollars for pulling your boy's tooth."
"Hundred dollars! Why, I understood you to say that you charged only twenty dollars for such work!"
"Yes," replied the dentist, "but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared out four other patients out of the office."
How dentists do it...
Dentists do it
in your mouth.
Dentists do it orally.
Dentists do it with drills and on chairs.
Dentists do it with filling.
Dentists do it and then tell you to spit.
Dentists do it orally.
Dentists do it with drills and on chairs.
Dentists do it with filling.
Dentists do it and then tell you to spit.
