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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
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the family doctor to discuss the problem.- M: o) v& m7 ^2 l% }6 Q4 O
- E$ g7 m! g @7 L3 a+ \The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could8 X1 c+ a/ |" n' s, {- k: C8 k; K
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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( F# O( f; ? s, o& a8 e; lHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,! k1 J( a. d! H. d* c
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,2 b7 _. x/ Y5 u: P: ?
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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- S% o! n- Q1 g( h! A# jThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the3 d$ @2 Z7 B c: L/ s0 D- a C9 X
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
. ^7 `, [7 U1 t% E% B4 EThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.8 g/ r8 l1 S; M' a1 F( |
1 \. P, X W7 a* dSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and! H" W7 p. J. p/ Y$ r
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?") o# L! n+ p+ E* G2 w
: }: d& q- W6 H+ v* B1 DStill no response.+ P" q Z4 X/ Y( h5 b9 w' a+ x( d5 G
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 A+ }2 s( a9 m0 Q2 W
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 T' \ @) g5 M. m hAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's $ t; H( n! b8 T4 M6 y0 a) b; A
for dinner?" Again there is no response.# X+ C6 k' |9 r) P) `
7 P; n5 V# }: i5 {9 zSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"7 a, @. K$ N4 S+ j3 f. G) \
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(I just love this)1 C7 [2 U+ T4 g. v
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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