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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
, j" }8 j* N" s* ~( Y2 wshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
3 h3 f j. j1 u6 I: ]the family doctor to discuss the problem.- T2 F3 @5 W" Y& _4 x* y; q
& w. r) v) t; }) V' z- gThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 N) }1 \8 x( C5 D+ x- ^: I
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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$ P) ]: [+ c2 O* V3 |& x, ~Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,9 r1 h, w9 H. s9 k: C5 L# w% d
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,. F% u" b7 O+ g2 X$ U
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 the' o2 F* T n z
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
5 h$ \3 v- I- D/ dThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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5 S1 ^+ ^7 _' CNo response.) j3 r( ^; D8 _+ p4 Y
; z) H: R v* I8 z* WSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and' Q9 k H* {) u' W; x* t' ~, v
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"7 w6 P3 c4 G- f
6 S9 g' Z" A7 ]: CStill no response.
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8 O0 s7 p2 b, K- ]/ \/ {1 |& |3 PNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
( Q- e0 m: O6 y7 A1 I( @9 ^and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.0 P8 R- k: B# _; {. A( m
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's + W5 E# G6 J0 W! N) o! Q
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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5 i6 ~5 \# e2 q: y7 A+ l+ ~So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"* ~) B I5 V% i- e: ]8 M
1 \. N" ?. p3 l% ]1 e( Z(I just love this)- c( P% r2 _! {6 C% P% s( x( K
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) b7 }9 |5 b- k8 v, `7 F"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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