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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought9 j! W5 R% p; L4 ]
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called1 N1 r+ I$ z( b Z
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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9 ?& E7 ?7 g, ~ x7 i- N% HThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could& W/ e$ O3 B6 {" L
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss." N! S6 N% l; ]' o
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
B1 L1 T3 g' Z0 Z* r- mand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
+ N* U, ?9 O: N$ h# N/ L+ `5 F+ ygo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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2 j% m% U- Y2 j; r* bThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the" Z; \. G9 f8 W, h; q2 a
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."- P! s5 o2 h6 c4 C/ ^7 y6 f
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?". B- B# |6 W! D- }" ]. g
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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
* I9 x" |2 T0 }3 wrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# i' J( `0 q; q! O* N0 W3 K& s+ F
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Still no response.
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; [1 Z/ K3 f: A4 ? O$ ]! [* l: aNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
% L8 H; j9 F8 }+ c9 Kand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?" r1 x& n. q' C! J
# g7 {" C7 v9 {( M" n9 JAgain he gets no response.+ c# @' k/ z. W7 R2 c
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
2 Y5 t" I7 A. rfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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4 o9 x- w8 k8 N) vSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)" p, L4 v h6 K; Z
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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