Comic #6562: dentistry-2

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Here's a transcription of the text from the comic:

Panel 1:

• Character 1: "HOW’RE MY TEETH?"

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "YOUR TEETH ARE SO BAD THEIR CONDITION CANNOT BE CONVEYED IN STRAIGHTFORWARD LANGUAGE. I’VE CONSTRUCTED A LIST OF ELABORATE METAPHORS INSTEAD."

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "AS THE WINDSWEPT PILLARS OF ANCIENT BABYLON? THE FALL OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE? THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE CIRCA 1983?"

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "PERHAPS YOU COULD READ SOME HISTORY IN ALL THE TIME YOU SPEND NOT FLOSSING?"
• Character 1: "JUST FILL MY MOUTH WITH PLASTIC SO I CAN GO HOME."

(Note: Characters are depicted in a dental setting with one in a dental chair and the other as a dentist.)