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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought' v O L% F$ [8 `5 H7 O
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called5 S$ f2 C# t) c% I
the family doctor to discuss the problem.# {5 U/ m8 K- q" h! O8 }/ Q
0 _$ r% u2 O* NThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could# C) N2 w' z' Y# D* i6 x
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,
6 Z0 }" i* X* }6 \. F2 mand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,& k% |1 k3 C c
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."5 T: H; \, i2 d6 c4 [
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the' {/ S# V L, r# l
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
' ^: U( i2 V) y8 X. [. o9 EThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.3 ]" s; s9 ?/ |) d( V
! }5 T; c+ d. v5 L2 i( zSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
) @' C* a5 p5 t2 B) wrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.! }# C$ J0 C2 e' L
$ @. A6 H% x% r- VNext 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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. d- e) o% ~$ D5 DSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's $ X; e8 S M( L" @7 [" A
for dinner?" Again there is no response.( w, J2 A# a7 q" h4 N9 O
2 s' ~/ z- v+ pSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"& W5 o0 Z# H/ i; d2 k; f7 m: ^- \
9 o5 E0 W2 V$ C# L! W5 b(I just love this)4 Y+ g- n! F2 h4 \
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3 U& I' ~1 q! h% g2 ~"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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