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I don't get the joke.
Apple a day keeps the doctor away. Kid tries to keep the "doctor" away so as to avoid the shot. "Doctor" is actually a nurse and would be unaffected by the apple even if the supposed saying were true
TL;DR kid tries metaphor logic on wrong entity
Weird. It's dentist, in the UK. It didn't click that's what they were alluding to until I read your comment
Originally it was
And apparently came from this https://academic.oup.com/nq/article-abstract/s3-IX/217/153/4476237
Lo others have cited this however it’s decades later
https://archive.org/details/rusticspeechfolk00wriguoft/page/n3/mode/2up
Both of which are UK writers, so Americans 🤢got it right
I'm in the UK, it's definitely "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" here. Maybe you just misheard as a kid?
When I was in primary school someone in my class had to get all their teeth pulled, I have no idea how someone manages to rot their teeth so badly at around 5 years old. I don't really have a point with that story, it just popped into my head and I had to share
Huh. I seeresults for both versions when googling, but it appears it was indeed originally doctor.
What? That doesn't make any sense! Apples are FULL of sugar!!! Oh you Brits. Always doing things backwards. I remember when I visited London, and there I am, driving like normal on the correct side of the road......and there were issues.
I suppose like all metaphors it's not a 1-1 in literal verbiage but more about the meaning it's supposed to represent.
The meaning it's supposed to represent is: Eating healthy food will keep you healthier, and help you get ill less often. You won't need medical treatment as much if you keep yourself healthy.
I wonder why they drive backwards. Is it because they had cars before standardization?