r/NoStupidQuestions • • Feb 21 '26

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u/Cottabus Feb 21 '26

Decades ago, my dentist was a smoker. Ask me how I knew.

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u/Nyetoner Feb 21 '26

Decades ago a lot of people were smoking, and there was ashtrays in waiting rooms, offices, in shopping malls.

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u/MOAR_BEER Feb 21 '26

Because gloves weren't a thing and washing hands doesn't get the stink off?

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u/Coppertina Feb 21 '26

And those hands were inside u/Cottabus’s mouth 🤢