A tea riddle has been printed on several images:
Q: What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea?
A: Denis.
That is, the letter “T” is removed from the word “dentist.” The joke was posted on Twitter on November 1, 2013.
Twitter
Cotteswold House
@cotteswoldhouse
#fridayjoke
Q: What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea?
A: Denis.
9:20 AM - 1 Nov 2013
Twitter
CalabasasDental Care
@SmileCalabasas
What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea? ..... Denis.
12:19 PM - 4 Nov 2013
Twitter
Burley Dental Suite
@theburleydental
What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea?
Denis
3:57 AM - 5 Nov 2013
Dentistry Forums
Dentist Joke
Q: What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea?
A: Denis.
Rex Fuller, Dec 20, 2013
21 June 2014, The Australian (Canberra, Australia), “Biting questions of style and chicanery” by John Connolly, pg. 14:
The dentist of the year gets a little plaque; a dentist who doesn’t like tea is called Denis and the Buddhist refused a Novocain injection during root canal treatment because he wanted to transcend dental medication.
4 October 2015, Sunday Telegraph (Surry Hills, New South Wales), “Laugh Till Your Face Hurts,” pg. 73:
Q: What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea?
A: Denis!
Facebook
Smile Workshop
September 26, 2016 ·
What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea? Denis.
Reddit—Cleanjokes
What do you call a dentist who doesn’t like tea? (self.cleanjokes)
submitted May 14, 2018 by chacham2
Denis.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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