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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought, v6 b" @2 S. _: W. ^, y+ b
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
. f- A) E# ?' w ]8 {$ Uthe family doctor to discuss the problem.% k2 i! B4 T9 i
( p) g4 Y9 V/ K7 R2 ?The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could7 o/ s- t. Z7 o; ^- ~% l1 S
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.9 F% S3 E: Y: K7 E( Q3 \) M
8 O3 J3 a |! H7 a5 u5 J0 IHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,: T2 @3 Z$ f! K3 M) y- {
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
) P1 |1 S1 S" D9 l8 t, xgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."( {/ ?+ @) _5 ?" v' i
9 ]8 A+ q$ Q0 ~, B0 O9 vThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the; g1 t! l) x3 u: ?8 U j2 g
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
- R* q% u( _ I# f% k' dThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" u) D1 X' X7 g; ]
( p0 Q! U% h4 a* ?6 \No response.
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0 f# |2 L7 X& i7 J6 gSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and% u" i5 L2 L1 Z+ {3 a7 T
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.$ D7 o8 R6 Y; n7 w
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
" [6 d$ n5 t3 m, _0 Cand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 ?' b0 g ^8 h" F8 Q
/ m7 n5 u+ s8 B/ }3 V! V6 jAgain he gets no response.
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8 W1 s$ a4 H( H7 OSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 5 M* I' q. S3 o9 m
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)5 `" j P- i5 d; ]+ T8 d. b5 b
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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