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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought" p9 Y) ?( e7 e. b# y( |" X5 H# Z
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called8 ^) m5 q' [; D$ N4 [3 Y
the family doctor to discuss the problem.1 \% T" ^6 ?* n1 ]4 o+ k8 A3 O- d
1 d f; O/ g$ g4 H0 k* KThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could5 G4 N" x5 F# U8 p/ l3 B# C* s9 P
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,/ ]! ~) a9 A/ D! c8 \0 w
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
4 V: L4 H" [6 Z% ~go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
1 e8 B! Y4 w' t9 [6 b' ?den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
) w3 Z6 p8 P: bThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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, F/ c7 W: d- K! E3 ^) m+ A1 uNo response.) `' w1 w6 Q' R4 f
8 `6 m' z: _3 T: pSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
& G! f# t/ w3 q k- ^# F. crepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 b( m, h: u$ Q! I2 F
$ A A' A9 C, f8 H+ yStill no response.6 w! m( g x2 O/ Y. o" o
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.8 ^( i+ I2 ` [# q3 ~; j- `% W
; N$ i' \ x& d& ]- M& VSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
/ a0 s5 {8 W3 u6 [7 B3 ffor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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: H. A) {8 p) e0 XSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)# f- l2 N* A2 Y) I9 M
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7 ]7 U8 ]' Q$ T/ p6 z4 Q"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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