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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.
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$ e0 ~; |6 }5 c$ M- Z6 ?The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could# e {# A( k7 J5 |9 ~
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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' m* H$ K. J. _5 r9 s* T$ ^Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
, c6 M# l" }) m: Uand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not," F4 j# n5 B: e$ @8 d
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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" I5 Z" q# b! R M- z3 SThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the' V7 n& z$ A( S2 i
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."; q1 T) m$ H5 y' n
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"& t9 W% h/ _2 c- x( t
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No response.& c" R: H! Z- U+ [0 t
2 `, n% O0 V3 [2 ASo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ e# }5 _2 v$ W' } Y) x
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"; L( ]$ s- F9 \
% r9 x5 T: J. ZStill no response.6 K# p2 E6 \) J; f% R7 m7 m X2 ?
0 F( Z; O) i; X1 m& N- KNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife; h" ~/ u) O0 j
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ _) V9 _% A8 p, i4 W0 D6 D
1 R9 Q, b4 K1 P9 _Again he gets no response.& l0 F0 x( M$ z* ~/ E( S6 w
* J# ~7 G7 ]& A" F. ~- _So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
- J4 x- r2 x3 g. H. A; Dfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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! K" S$ p! k0 n3 G9 D, LSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)# Y. V4 R& ~1 p& g/ v r
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) _5 {5 b# R. e2 A+ J/ l"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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