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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
4 q: ]6 c% l5 R' ]she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called* [) w/ D9 i, Q+ W4 ?4 a7 L6 J. @
the family doctor to discuss the problem. G6 O" n* i2 J8 C5 ^& ]: A4 k
% [4 }$ m; i, L, K# AThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
8 C0 V' o( i$ eperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.3 X+ U) N2 J6 G, o( w# N7 A6 ]
3 L# f) `9 G& E4 f. [& QHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,, e" q$ w8 l m+ G4 E. L5 |$ ]
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
u* J. i/ z- A4 D/ @. ngo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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( Z5 J/ W; s$ p# mThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the& J+ L: J! n. M+ [: j0 t; U
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
; x6 @& W) L. X! P+ i% d" ^: bThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"' m% m' Q/ I+ {9 ?9 _9 Y& D! s7 ^
3 R% a" Y5 Z. b; N& ANo response.3 h( i [* U, i6 ?0 w7 V. ~( {
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
0 P0 a: ]& ?# M" S* Trepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 c( [2 c5 K3 q# Z' y* h
6 C6 } \" i* t7 S1 A' xStill no response.
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7 e+ T7 A0 n# H1 p# HNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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: _* z0 p5 [# E1 HSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
7 h- @. {. f N, |* q# Q5 ~9 \4 Tfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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" n: `% }/ l+ Q4 c(I just love this)+ ]0 t+ f4 {+ Z1 @: A
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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