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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought; U+ E* o! W/ F4 G- n. N1 k
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 ?6 L3 `6 Q R1 f8 {. r9 L
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.9 e u: o' }2 Q U5 m+ `4 a* H
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her," I% F; l9 p; T5 p: r) E6 i
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,; i. S4 P( j3 {7 }" q, i1 `7 z
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."- {1 |4 ?# T5 {3 C8 y
0 c3 X/ b& k1 z; h- VThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
; G% u! u/ \* [+ q- Q$ D0 Bden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."% y, j( @/ l. Q# _7 l* m! n1 D J
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.0 C @$ z. N& {
: R8 y9 J- {3 hSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and. \: U. E9 ^. }
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# n/ |" U$ B1 Y- ^2 K4 F
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Still no response., C1 g- @. d5 }7 ]9 E
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
/ D6 G$ ]0 ^/ h! a% band asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 q0 M5 o- o- A
" v/ f( P' w' c% Z1 PAgain he gets no response.
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' l6 Y1 i8 p- q1 Q6 n; e8 q: p4 oSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
8 l; l& ^+ s4 y X0 h7 B- ffor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)- \5 C5 S' K2 [- R6 Y
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& n# \4 n, Q3 ~" Y" @# K. p7 E! e"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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