A man walks into a dentist’s clinic, holding his cheek and looking miserable.
The dentist greets him warmly and asks, “What seems to be the problem?”
The man winces and says, “Doc, I’ve been in pain all morning. I kept checking the clock, hoping it would stop, but it just got worse. I’m not sure what’s going on.”
The dentist nods sympathetically and asks, “And when exactly did the pain start?”
The man sighs and replies, “Tooth-hurty.”
Explanation: The humor hinges on a pun: “Tooth-hurty” sounds like “two-thirty,” a classic joke time associated with toothaches. When the dentist asks when the pain started, the man replies with a time that’s also a play on words.
