How come Paul Revere isn't known as a dentist? You would have thought that working on the mouth of the president of the United States would have given him quite a reputation.

The answer is obvious. He's not known as a dentist because he was the world's lousiest dentist. How so? He'd get you in your seat, with the lights in your eyes and the cotton stuffed in your cheek and the suction thing hanging from your mouth, and just then he'd look out a window and see some joker on a hill with a lantern. Then he'd leave his poor patient in the seat to go warn somebody about something. It's really irritating.

He was actually working on George Washington the night the British attacked, leaving George in the lurch while he ran off to warn the citizens. George was left alone and his ivory teeth weren't ready. He needed to rally his forces, but he couldn't without any teeth. Desperate, he tried on the wooden teeth displayed outside Revere's window. They weren't exactly human size, making him look ridiculous, but they were better than nothing. Washington rode off to save his country but ruin his reputation.