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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
( m6 D0 B9 p% G% o% Nshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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$ J) O3 a/ c6 z4 D1 D4 G) fThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could1 T8 c1 D, T5 P/ M
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,
& \' `/ f% w/ R. W; ^$ r- }and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
6 I# i! `1 |! X8 Ggo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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5 Z/ N/ ~* x W4 `: m6 xThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
+ |& o6 h% R1 ^2 w4 M% {# bden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
0 {- J& d$ _8 \7 XThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"3 e N: }+ h7 ~) ^- H
8 ]: n7 L- \ }No response.! n- \% Q. a1 X4 w5 u, B7 n
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 O( b% N P- x; Q# grepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 t) D1 W9 c9 b. w. W
: U' C$ t- U: t/ t: \, sStill no response.
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, g6 H( e9 M; c" g- CNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife p' E0 D, ?# B! K1 N6 g" B
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) S- D' P$ t3 l2 f, Q9 x0 nAgain he gets no response.1 x7 w) M1 G" l% s" z
- E; }9 K' b3 u: K$ fSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's $ H' m* k! T9 i B0 u# l
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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3 k. t" R( F3 m% R1 M5 G6 m; Q! eSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)0 V' h4 _* A9 M# W1 \7 C/ D9 |# U8 g5 G
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4 ]( h& [- @' o"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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