at a medical convention

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At a medical convention, a male doctor and a female doctor start eyeing each otherse jettent des regards. The male doctor asks her to dinner and she accepts.

As they sit down at the restaurant, she excuses herself to go and wash her hands.

After dinner, one thing leads to anotherune chose en entraîne une autre and they end up in her hotel bedroom.

Just as things are getting hotcommencent à chauffer, the female doctor interrupts and says she has to go and wash her hands again. When she returns, they get back to itils s’y remettent. Afterwards, she gets up once more and says she is going to wash her hands.

As she comes back, the male doctor says, “I bet je parie que you’re a surgeonune chirurgienne.”

She confirms and asks how he knew.

“Easy,” he replies. “You’re always washing your hands.”

She then says, "I bet je parie que you're an anaesthetist."

“Wow, how did you guess deviner ?” he asks.

The female doctor smiles and says, “Because I didn’t feel a thingje n'ai rien senti.”

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Vocabulary

eyeing each other: looking at each other with romantic/sexual interest

one thing leads to another: events progress naturally (here, to sex)

anaesthetist: doctor who puts patients to sleep before surgery (BrE spelling)

surgeon: doctor who performs operations

Grammar

The joke uses the present simple for narration (“she excuses”, “they end up”) – common in spoken jokes for immediacy.

Reported → direct speech shift at the end for comic timing: She then says, “I bet you’re…”

“Going to” for immediate future intentions: “I’m going to wash my hands.”

Synonyms & Alternatives

eyeing each other: checking each other out, giving each other the eye

one thing leads to another: things escalate, events take their course

anaesthetist: anaesthesiologist (AmE), gas man (informal)

Mini Dialogue

Wife: Why are you home so early from the conference?

Husband (surgeon): Met a lovely anaesthetist.

Wife: And?

Husband: Nothing. I didn’t feel a thing either!

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