Ten Left

The joke plays on the patient's expectation that the doctor is talking about time when he says "ten left." Instead, the doctor is counting down the number of things left, implying he was also counting down from ten. The humor comes from the unexpected shift of context and the dark, morbid tone.

• Doctor
• Room
• Die
• Man
• Day
• Hospital

• The doctor said I have until 2:30 to live. That’s like 20 years from now, I said. He looks at the time. It’s 2:30.
• Doctor: I have bad news and really bad news. Patient: What's the bad news? Doctor: You have 24 hours to live. Patient: What's the really bad news? Doctor: I forgot to tell you yesterday.
• Doctor: I’m so sorry, sir, but you only have a couple months left. The sir: My children will be devastated. Doctor: But I have a shot that can change that. The sir: Whatever it takes. *Suppressed gunshots*
• A man found out that he was going to die. A German doctor comes in and says "you have 10 more". The man yells out "10 WHAT!! DAYS!!!! WEEKS!!!". And the doctor says "No seconds". And the man says "9 SECONDS!!!" And the doctor says "Nein. Ten seconds". He asked "How many seconds do I have to live 10, 9 , or...?" Then he died and learned how to say no in German....