The doctor greets her, "Ma'am, this isn't the first time you've been in here like this. In order to help you, you need to let me know what happened."
The lady looks up, her mascara still streaked down her cheeks. "My husband... He will go drinking with his friends every weekend until 2 or 3 in the morning... And when he gets home I try to talk to him about it. He - he just doesn't listen and... sometimes things get rough. I don't know what to do about it!"
The doctor mulls over this, asking a few more questions. "Ma'am," he says, "Here's what you'll do next time. When you hear your husband pulling up to your house, get a tall glass of ice tea, take a mouthful, and swish. Just like you were using mouthwash - just keep swishing from cheek to cheek until he goes to sleep. Do that, then come back in a few weeks for a follow-up."
The lady looks at him a little strangely, but agrees.
Some time passes, and the lady comes back. She's smiling and got a bounce in a step. "Doc," she says, "I don't get it! I did exactly like you said, and sure enough, we haven't had any problems since then. In fact, things seem to have gotten better between us! How did you know that would work?"
"Well," the doctor says, "When your husband got home, it kept your mouth shut, didn't it?"
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