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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought$ n; P. f! [1 Z6 z; J- s; ` J' Z
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called9 T! G6 N1 ?1 a$ M& r f( k/ O
the family doctor to discuss the problem.9 r# M" P" n( I; p
: i* \! ~1 e3 S, x8 sThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could5 ^ F- o; @- x9 Y% ~0 d& q* ^: d( 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,/ T" L- n' w8 u p( E6 b" C
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,6 b$ m0 N9 {+ J# O. ~! \( V
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."/ o( s1 S( G0 r7 Q/ D
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
8 a# y* J. ?$ Q6 wden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
& ?; l) H- |" yThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 F3 z( ]8 v. V4 j8 ZNo response.
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* m+ ?/ b! a. {8 g, lSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and7 t; T; Z2 @0 B T, W9 E$ [
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.' |) q3 M, p8 _$ i
e5 V2 z4 v* c; sNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
0 L& G! r4 R S8 Qand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* ]& ~0 ~/ k# L, l' |
& s% V- S5 Z% N) ^Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
* i0 |: M b/ x. o ?for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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9 t i9 l z) C( c7 ySo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 R, W4 M) E& Z2 Q2 _' V& n
* H, c' P$ A' M2 I5 Y3 v3 @2 k! f(I just love this)0 r1 ?, L, U) j8 i: G4 M* O
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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