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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
( ~4 A. M6 p; R) m8 D: ]/ cshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
! B8 ~4 L4 j% P5 ^* dthe family doctor to discuss the problem.$ A- B8 @6 R/ N
}9 S* w) ^, r! a; D# y* mThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 }7 f) U* @8 V2 _3 o
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.& T) O$ ^$ I0 u* ?4 g+ P' o
9 }( Y- S2 X9 y3 Y4 Z; ^: ^7 sHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
4 K9 S( L% [2 ^* ^and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
, \$ [4 L3 c3 V& x) |5 dgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."4 ^1 G& A5 M. @
/ n( \$ W Y' l* f, _" @That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
# \& Z1 Q. Z; a: y3 h* B. Lden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
* ?: {3 Y3 z! _ E! O, t: y; \) rThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"& A( P, a4 D2 A6 b: v" R
4 t+ D) H; f0 b/ n9 O3 d) D5 {No response.# N- L# g) R: }) G3 D1 X
# r* g# O, J# x! A7 W. n x8 nSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and* T' d9 n9 ^/ }$ K% z9 ]. U2 V. o
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.. C' d, j! J2 `7 \% q5 D
. M5 R7 N1 m3 m* z, o" s5 ^0 GNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife( n$ s( C0 U/ ]
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"& ~ W; [% V% x" `: w
, g0 u' D" U8 E; xAgain he gets no response.7 b" g1 d3 q$ Z7 S2 y
; M0 i0 ?1 i! ~$ \8 J( F% S l) l, `So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
5 y! {" Z; R! H# M" k8 Zfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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' \- ]+ S0 f$ g5 n6 A/ Z/ _1 N lSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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. C9 C) a( {) {6 D' c' V% U ?(I just love this)
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3 ~. i6 i3 |" @9 p0 L2 F"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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