beautiful?

A lawyer was just waking
up from anesthesia after
surgery, and his wife was
sitting by his side. His eyes
fluttered open and he
said, "You're beautiful!";
and then he fell asleep
again. His wife had never
heard him say that so she
stayed by his side.
A couple minutes later his
eyes fluttered open and
he said, "You're cute!";
Well, the wife was
dissapointed because
instead of "beautiful"; it
was "cute"; She said
"What happened to
'beautiful'?" His reply was
"The drugs are wearing
off!"