Double Parking for the Dentist
Illustration★★★★I heard about a man that came out from this office building in Chicago and a policeman was writing him a ticket for double parking. He said, what in the world possessed you to make you do this? The man said, well, whenever I go to the dentist I always double park because it gives me something to think about. I worry about getting a ticket and I don’t think about the drill. It’s a diversion.
Batchelor, Doug, “02 Worrying About Stuff” (AudioVerse teaching 29686).
The point
A man explains to a police officer that he double-parks when going to the dentist so that the worry of getting a ticket distracts him from the fear of the dental drill, humorously illustrating how people sometimes substitute one worry for another.
Audience
AdultsYouthSmall Group
To tell aloud
under a minute · 76 words
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