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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought7 I5 x$ ?* s7 j& m
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
7 B( d0 f+ t8 @; m' Z7 L6 t+ athe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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8 O5 ~2 R' _% V( AThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could4 i6 ^& s& _/ Y( t
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. o, q- b/ \+ L( R' D9 e) a5 f% z
; m. d6 x+ t) d! `$ P. P. MHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,5 n% w2 B9 ]9 P$ E9 `# @; L
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,: S$ u' R& {; G$ `9 ?
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response." L4 w* I1 y2 V& x6 {; j
- _& D6 q- G. e2 M, s+ ^That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
- x! b' b" y& A9 i( @8 pden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
( G# j/ U7 [+ M4 S' s4 W( YThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"4 p$ B1 e) P7 J! b; C
0 _# T* ~, [- K. R& UNo response.4 B) u$ E2 G5 C5 G0 q1 ~( k* c# K
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and: |2 p: ]/ U# B& X
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife3 j( g6 } S6 K* M3 t1 a k
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?", j: h0 _ y2 d; y* `4 [
( D5 J) t- U, t+ ^Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
8 D' E& U; K9 _4 A, tfor dinner?" Again there is no response.! h! U3 f7 Y4 G. K
; c ~4 d( ~: J( j nSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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