The Question Falls On Deaf Ears

(My friends and I are in rehearsal for a musical. Our director employs an air horn if we get too unruly. She has just used it.)

Director: *jokingly* “Don’t worry. The hearing loss is only temporary if you’re more than six feet away.”

(We are about three feet away on the stage.)

Friend: “What did she say?”

(I and a few other friends laugh at this, taking it as a joke.)

Friend: *quietly* “… No, seriously. What did she say?”