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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought; d p" l; N" j3 |# A
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called0 v" T( v7 ~- f0 w
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could# O3 n! B( u# e1 }# X/ ]" q9 b
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.& Y* G6 ]0 c6 D' G2 k
3 o, I l/ U6 M. i6 ]* R( s: p- tHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,( f U" ~2 N# I2 T: X" y% c( C, ]
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,* D5 A+ p: `- {4 J: S# }0 d4 {; q
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."& H g) }, I! G( M2 I, a
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
* i3 z- t6 O Q, _den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
7 C3 o) F6 k" d- L' Y, IThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"9 A- ~/ m9 ~1 M. F. i
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No response.
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) ^2 J( E6 o) H- e4 _4 N6 CSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and7 s O+ i+ F5 F5 N- u0 j
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ U( F$ W) g p" \
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Still no response.
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" e4 G" J, B/ t7 hNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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" c6 k6 Y/ N% r9 H/ fAgain he gets no response.) _+ m; y) U" a: u# C5 V
5 v r. D; b6 [So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
# J( ^6 Z8 P/ P! ~" L8 D+ Nfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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& f) H4 J, h; `/ oSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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; S6 ~# |" D2 {/ A2 H* t(I just love this)9 _6 [/ H% W& I' r5 b$ @* `7 l
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/ A4 l( r! u; {3 b. H* i1 p. p/ U"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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