There are some jokes that I'm fine with (like the "what?" earlier in the thread...I always fall for it and I always laugh at myself afterward). One of my best friends teases me all the time (she'll say in a loud old lady voice, "turn you're hearing aid on!"). What she doesn't do, though, is talk in soft tones to tease me in the way jack was describing. Jokes I can laugh along with. But that's just not nice because it plays on my frustration. Sort of like making faces at a blind person and laughing, and the blind person doesn't even know why you're laughing.
Jh1, Jack is just playing...give him a break.
PS - wow, this thread ended up being a lot longer than I expected.