Don't try to trick a third generation English rhetoric specialist.

[wakerife]

Q: When a doctor says that a given procedure "--won't hurt a bit," to whom or to what are they referring?

"This procedure won't hurt (the dental assistant, the drill, or myself) a bit."

Five hours before my root canal. I've been trying to sleep, but I keep having strange dreams about being pregnant and programming in UNIX...

Comments

Quite Obvious

[eideteker]

The only bit I can think of is the one in the drill, which can wear down but I don't grok can experience "pain".

[iseebi]

Unix babies...that makes me laugh. ^_^

[petersheil]

but I keep having strange dreams about being pregnant and programming in UNIX...

Hmm ... are you spawning a process??? ;)

Hope the dental treatment goes (went) OK

Peace
peter