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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought+ w" x) L, p; Q0 ^6 b
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called4 {, l7 m6 t) G. M/ p& v
the family doctor to discuss the problem.& ]& i7 y( O: X0 W8 u$ n
2 `4 F- x c M& HThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could( P& J2 v& ^3 G3 O2 f* Y; o
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.* d- N% h6 O0 W
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,; O0 n B" u. r
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,) F3 f6 S6 m5 W; p8 f. Z
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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) B" T5 K( Z9 E& \8 ?* N' iThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
' |/ j6 B- r p2 _! yden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
* q) ~/ l: j0 ?0 r0 o% t0 oThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"( Q5 b+ I! S( T' D
2 ]) u; [) z9 R% J) T0 HNo response.$ r) J- t6 P5 Z' n5 q) J7 z2 k
- S" S1 l5 g# nSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and5 N* I1 e; u8 S9 n7 ^$ v- Y" l' _* _
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?". D M! O/ G5 q4 r+ N; `( Y G
. t+ i1 o; b- U$ W( fStill no response.
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4 {3 s0 h0 t: `. F# K. E# |Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife' r N* v5 {- m7 y( D8 M# J
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 S! ?& w3 L/ u9 }
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Again he gets no response.6 P2 Q" }% A& z! ]/ O0 o6 V F
X3 P. {4 \. u* o/ H+ ~So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's . J1 ~4 b: H/ [6 b/ c. o0 g
for dinner?" Again there is no response.* F: r# ~7 w. L8 |% A3 W) x% m1 A
! f$ S7 `6 ~; |So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"! _: }7 P4 a# ^1 ^! M* [2 O
5 T' D' {% I* G8 y4 r(I just love this)
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5 g" ?/ ~4 d4 b' a. f"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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