There was a lawyer and he 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 disappointed because instead of "beautiful"
it was "cute."

She said, "What happened to 'beautiful'?"

His reply was "The drugs are wearing off!"