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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
" P4 H" B) g& C4 Z( [) D" Kshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
7 T$ j5 w! T* s0 V2 b0 zthe family doctor to discuss the problem./ Z C2 A( C% E9 Y% J. j2 O2 i
1 A. F( G, r) } \The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could1 z& I' z" ^( V! [
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,
) A$ H/ K& \. H" a2 A- o( \& R+ {5 eand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
V9 L$ V, f+ S5 K7 M; k3 Sgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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# i7 `! b4 M8 P* G0 jThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
: c- ~; \3 K, ?den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens." A0 P+ C9 L) o4 a! k; T8 o, n7 a* @
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"* a; ~$ L0 B( e, `0 [7 u" t
6 J S: `$ {( n: k% p7 l# J# X( r5 INo response.7 J, v( V* j Q' S8 }: p1 l% d8 y5 O9 Z
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
, o" G r/ ]% E- B/ O4 _repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"" y! l9 ~; x0 h% j+ T
6 P ~% W9 x {: U [Still no response." ?0 g7 k( @9 L# m4 y# P& I. p% Y
: f5 e3 C# a; S- L u, W! {# TNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
5 @% p+ b0 Q; K' Mand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 m1 ?/ ~6 N3 X" C: z
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Again he gets no response.9 [1 k1 w5 {! P# k) r/ O
& ]% U) I% ~: w7 ], oSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ( H( h* F4 I Q
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"' n) m6 g) Z( u0 k" V! G9 _5 f+ {
0 W: C- n" v2 L(I just love this)8 \1 q$ s W4 M( r( `! a
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0 U3 B8 {; N q$ J7 d2 S9 d7 [' t"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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