Vocabulary
Patient is a homophone which is when two words are pronounced the same but have different meanings.
= (noun) a sick person getting treatment in a hospital.
= (adjective) to be able to accept waiting and delay.
Smaller = The comparative of Small (we don’t say more small)
The Joke
Man: Doctor! Doctor! I think I’m getting smaller.
Doctor: Then you’ll just have to learn to be a little patient.
Why is it funny?
This is a play on words as the doctor could be telling his patient to be tolerant and wait, or to learn how to be a small sick person.
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