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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
# R4 p K" `- \; ishe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
/ ~: h! R% U" n. Cthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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) b: I' F# s( v7 A! y8 hThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could$ H7 w# h/ E7 y- K
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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. O; u" T) J, e+ H# [% ^ _Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,' H5 I. m- U" {- j S
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
8 t8 w* ]" p" \$ I7 A( \- V+ sgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."* x6 k# X. H2 i, k' J
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the9 `# ^$ u. n7 U# m- t! [- z- B6 s- N* p
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."# u7 V3 _) e/ {& R
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"$ r, ^- v" \+ |' J$ V2 O1 [8 N
9 j" S2 S3 e, s" B; m) L8 H6 wNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and1 q6 r$ R4 u8 E( J* n7 M6 P5 b$ a
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# Q9 \0 n F' f& T5 o# F
0 j" r0 `2 f8 U' nStill no response.% t# ]4 }4 s3 Z [7 g0 o2 X4 t
! T4 ]/ I1 f4 G: ?: s2 aNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
# q9 P: A1 ?7 g& f" Band asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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* l$ [$ a) B* H4 A# k4 p, SAgain he gets no response.: Z( ]: X0 V7 Z8 g
' T2 a- f4 P$ U. RSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
& X2 S' W; q, H( U/ o6 Lfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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6 h# z6 T$ H3 q. Z. ]9 h0 wSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"- b( r G% e: ^9 x
7 M" Y9 ]* ^) |(I just love this)
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0 A; l9 y, f: P: o4 D/ @% T L"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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