The Doctor's Countdown

A doctor walks up to a dying man and sadly says: "I'm sorry, the test shows you only have 10 more to live."

The man says "10!? 10 what!? Years? Weeks? Days? What?!!?"

The doctor calmly replies "Nine".

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The humor comes from the doctor's response. The dying man is expecting a unit of time such as years, weeks, or days. Instead the doctor is already counting down the number from 10 to 9. The joke is darkly humorous because it implies the doctor's statement is not a prediction, but rather a countdown.

Comments (30)

Your saposes to say, nine, eight, seven...

Did it go down for stress or was it seconds? Cause he said a lot for 1 second

happy new year.

It was minutes obviously.

That is funny!

Hello stupid people I am the bad master so you can die

get me a loly pop so i can suck it

I get it just became a day so the doctor lowers it to 9

it might be how many question he says and then the doctor shots him for asking to many question

I'm pretty sure its seconds. The doctor was just interrupted. Oh, and the man talked fast.

87654321 DEAD

Is it seconds? I'm a little confused LOL

It’s 9 lives. His dad is a cat

Love it death is what makes life worth living