My camera was a bit strange this morning and whilst waiting to see the Dentist, had a fiddle with it. Aiming it at the Magazine Stall, it went off and it was after that I noticed all the other magazines spread around.

Firstly I should say it’s nothing against my Dentist, he’s the best and nicest one I’ve ever had plus I can’t fault his Treatment.

You see, my point is – why are all the mags so female orientated. They seem mainly made up of Gossip Magazines, something a bloke would probably enjoy reading, but doesn’t want to be seen doing so.

It must be that the average female is more considerate about what she does with her old reading matter and actually thinks ‘I’m going to the Dentist, so I’ll take a few old mags with me’.
Whereas the bloke just leaves all his old Mags around which invariably get chucked away on a bi-annual basis or his partner uses them to line the Cat Litter tray.

There is occasionally one of a slight interest like Country Homes or Kent Life, but you’re led to a false sense of security when you see the House Prices before realising they are in fact about 6 years old. It brings to mind the old Tommy Cooper joke, “Went to the Dentist today, read a Magazine, shame about the Titanic isn’t it”.

Like Hospital Waiting Areas, there are some other things to read. They’re the Books or Pamphlets where you can self diagnose the illness you have and plan your farewell Party. I went to have an X-Ray on my Spine last year and came away thinking I was pregnant.

Even a Trainspotting Magazine would relieve the mundaneness of guessing the other people in the Waiting Rooms occupations.

I guess Women do tend to visit a Dentist on a more regular basis than Blokes. They do the proper yearly check ups, whereas the Men leave it for 10 years and wonder why they only have half their teeth left and people leave the room when they get within ten feet of a person.

Some Dentists and Doctors now have TV in the Waiting Room though. The problem there lays that as you usually go to there between the hours of 9am and 5pm, you’re going to get all the DayTime TV stuff and it’s hard to pretend you don’t want to see the secret other wife of the nasty husband walk out from behind the wings to confront both of them and be booed and hissed by the Angelic Audience.

If I had a Waiting Room I’d furnish it with Brown Sofa’s with a few holes, a DVD Player with a selection of ‘Worlds worst ever Football Fouls’, a Doughnut Machine and a copy of Allotment Weekly.

That’s it – the niche – a Blokes only Dentist !
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