Oh they'll line Dr. Bro's pockets just fine. Just think how banal it is for his wife to have to chat up the creepy, smelly old weeb just so they can lure him to his death.
No, I've eaten after taking novocaine, and i never had my lips so numb I thought I might chew them off. Granted it was to take a wisdom tooth out, but, still, it was like the entire left side of my mouth.