# Ominous Signs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818 "2020-01-22T21:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/1 "2020-01-22T21:55:48Z")
My new dentist has restraints on the chair. He keeps his tools in a Craftsman toolbox. Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/2 "2020-01-22T22:12:49Z")
No, no, it’ll be fine. Perfectly normal. … … NOT!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/3 "2020-01-22T22:17:43Z")
Could be worse; he could be using a [Binford toolbox](https://d25fyzf9e0hiy5.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/12194424/hi-21.jpg), which would suggest he’s rewired the drill for MORE POWER (grunt grunt grunt)! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/4 "2020-01-22T22:43:56Z")
The drill is an antique. They don’t make them like this anymore. Sturdy… heavy… dull. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/5 "2020-01-22T22:52:42Z")
I will only go to a female dentist, because I \*expect \*pain from women. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/6 "2020-01-23T00:27:37Z")
I used to go to a dentist who had a beautiful red haired Eastern European assistant who always dressed in tight leather clothing. Whenever she said, “Please to lean back and open wide sir” in that wonderful Slavic accent, I always had this fantasy that I was a character in a Bond film and the interrogation was about to begin. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/7 "2020-01-23T00:45:35Z")
When they say, “four out of five dentists…”, I’m that fifth dentist. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/8 "2020-01-23T01:12:38Z")
The funny thing is that Craftsman rollaway tool chests are (around here, at least) very popular with hairdressers and barbers. Back to the dentist… Seeing _Root Canals for Dummies_ on the shelf. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/9 "2020-01-23T01:18:57Z")
I seem to remember watching a movie about dentist like that. Something to do with Brazil I believe… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/10 "2020-01-23T01:19:02Z")
I drive a road that warns “DEAD END”. A friend lives on a road with the warning, ROAD ENDS IN WATER". /ominous signs ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/11 "2020-01-23T01:31:48Z")
It didn’t turn out all that bad… He said come back on Friday, and we’ll yank that tooth. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/12 "2020-01-23T03:12:44Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > I seem to remember watching a movie about dentist like that. Something to do with Brazil I believe… No, it was _Fellowship of the Ring_, wherein the bearded dentist in the gray robe kept asking the little guy, “_Is it safe?_” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/13 "2020-01-23T03:16:36Z")
My neurologist says that he has a hand-held MRI machine that only _looks_ like a camera. Should I be worried? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/14 "2020-01-23T05:08:35Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I drive a road that warns “DEAD END”. > > A friend lives on a road with the warning, ROAD ENDS IN WATER". > > /ominous signs At the beginning of a county road here is a sign, it says ‘dead end’, you know normal. You would believe it means the road ends at some point, right? At the end of this road is a big pond of black brackish water. No sign, fence or barricade. Many vehicles have been in that pond. I wanted to put a skull and crossbones on the ‘dead end’ sign. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/15 "2020-01-23T05:18:57Z")
Once a dentist looked in my mouth and said “If you were a horse, I’d have to shoot you.”. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/16 "2020-01-23T12:22:29Z")
When it’s time to check your prostate and you notice the Doctor has the largest hands you’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/17 "2020-01-23T12:37:40Z")
> [@pool](#): > > When it’s time to check your prostate and you notice the Doctor has the largest hands you’ve ever seen. A real doctor only uses a finger. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/18 "2020-01-23T12:42:06Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > I seem to remember watching a movie about dentist like that. Something to do with Brazil I believe… Nope, it was about a guy named Seymour with a really weiiiirrrrd plant. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/19 "2020-01-23T12:58:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > A real doctor only uses a finger. But does he remember to take off his class ring? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818/20 "2020-01-23T14:32:25Z")
I’m about to search for a new dentist. The practice we’ve been using has changed hands again - this is the 3rd dentist in about 5 or 6 years. I prefer more stability, plus the new guy seems to promote upselling. I’m 66. How is it all of a sudden I need this or that or the other?? Nope, I’ll look elsewhere, thanks. Dammit. But I’ll be on the lookout for restraints and such… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ominous-signs/846818.md?page=2)