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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought- ]; Y* n9 B3 c+ w- I$ o) |
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called* d( ~+ @6 m4 x. x4 y
the family doctor to discuss the problem.$ k7 e9 V4 i, ^1 u- P6 @' o: V
7 k+ R% r$ ~$ L+ ~The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could1 n$ ?& j, c& S
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,6 g( E' R8 T" D' r3 e# @) m( }# Y3 n
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,: u# i' r% j5 {: Q
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the0 C* t* T7 o7 [4 s7 Z" ^
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."& W9 F q: z/ k& n' {
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ t( H2 D. T# [, }$ ]
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 o2 V d# F/ W: V) @- F0 f
2 ]2 j* y6 G) rStill no response.0 s" P" F0 z8 j& C8 m( }1 s
+ G( h; p/ f5 L, ~( M' S/ eNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife, b* ]- h, X% S/ B8 ~2 Y9 H
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.( I" X) B" J5 R1 P$ p) c3 d
9 l. T {; u4 R8 WSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ! T- M4 n4 L) B
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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: \2 X; l' n/ O/ H' P+ o$ x7 f(I just love this)! @2 Y6 i! h. }
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. P/ }% D2 ?+ ^6 p: l9 Y) M"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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