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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought$ q% |1 { |- E4 t% Q4 |7 t( M
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
7 f5 I* U; B. Y; A: t; A ^! c: athe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could7 y/ c& _5 n/ J! M( @2 A+ C4 n5 w
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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9 Z. y/ w8 ~/ v4 rHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
( j/ @6 j; G0 s' P, d4 v4 oand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
, |/ K0 q" {# e* ^3 v3 e! W! Ego 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/ y: g0 j. R) f
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.", ?2 q2 U; q, [# B
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"* G0 M/ g- N" B3 C. Y0 y% h
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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
- |8 G6 u; L5 P, i. X! b5 w, L; xrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' y3 r" T$ J. D/ ~9 M) H
$ L- |( P a% ~- \9 j0 mStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife) H' K. y- P, j; n* i
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.
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, g# |4 U' I: @7 ]; zSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
/ G6 ?) k5 V7 p" D( s# z! Nfor dinner?" Again there is no response.! O) `: v* s$ e6 P
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 ]: }: M' h/ Z7 C* A$ U" g9 F2 D
' t8 N# y* R5 V' U(I just love this)6 Q- n# J: Q2 u" O, e
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, c* q' i. k5 F. s; k% _+ I"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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