Dentally Incorrect

Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Confucius was not a dentist. He also said, “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like bananas.” OK, he didn’t say the last one, we just stole it from the internet. We’re not sure where we were going with this. ...

Oh, right! Work. Sometimes it’s a drag, man. While things don’t always come up roses, at least these (most likely) haven’t happened to you.?...

A patient in New Carlisle, Ohio, shot himself in the hand while getting work done. As the dentist was filling and drilling, the patient meant to reach for his phone, but instead grabbed his gun, which went off. At the time of the misfire, the building didn’t have a sign forbidding firearms from entering the practice. It might now.

The mother of a Taiwanese dentist sued her son for breach of contract after he refused to live up to the end of a deal they’d struck when he was 20. She’d pay for the son’s dental school, and in return, he would pay her 60 percent of the net profit he brought home until the sum reached about $1.7?million. Taiwan’s supreme court sided with the mother.

A practice in Jefferson City, Missouri, was burgled by a sword-wielding man. Luckily, the office was closed at the time. When the practice opened Monday morning, an employee noticed the cash box was out of place, open and empty. After reviewing security footage, bewildered employees and confused police watched a man walk through the front door with a sword, steal $70 from the cash box and pocket ... a handful of highlighters.

And here you thought that a couple of no-shows were ruining your day!