Three Inner Gag Gum Gums

I can't actually remember when I stopped being terrified of the dentist. It was probably in my late twenties, when I realised you can't actually die in there.

I still feel uncomfortable with it all, so have invented a game I play called 'Three Inner Gag Gum Gums.' It's basically a distraction technique: before entering the building I imagine three scenarios that are likely to arise; and then, when these scenarios do arise, I have a humorous response lined up for each of them, to play out in my head.    

For example, today's three scenarios and imagined reactions were thus:

1. When the receptionist said, 'Please take a seat', I imagined heaving myself up onto the reception desk to sit cross-legged, facing her.
2. When the dentist said, 'Open wide', I imagined stretching my legs out as far as they could go
3. When the dentist started dictating dental references and numbers to his assistant, I imagined saying 'Are you two playing Battleships?'

If you are particularly brave you could even act them out, rather than keeping them as inner thoughts; in which case you would be playing 'Three Gag Gum Gums'.