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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
2 E) Z. h6 g# n$ @- h! C% yshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called; F' F5 ]. t. ^
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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( D% `; z4 {) o _The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could) O& T$ x. w0 b* @* E+ D2 H& j
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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. S0 J) B& u" a: HHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
, @9 P$ Q6 _' B" s. mand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
4 C& E a: g0 E7 S) ggo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."# b4 f; F5 [$ z+ B8 L& x$ i
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the; _, I5 b+ E5 C' \( E! [
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
) C, Q3 U( O9 r4 D8 }- QThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"# s( _, n/ U- i' p* x+ c+ F
! K+ d; j$ O2 Q# _: C/ }No response.
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$ u; z+ d% Z; l3 N0 d" G! |So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
8 n, n' `! U: Qrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 r1 e5 W- g) ^4 a
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Still no response.# l1 `! i7 j; S) O" h; Q1 a& H9 I
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife( X/ b4 p: ~. ^
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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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 I$ o8 p4 V* i( P; l
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"" X, y/ o# d |, Z2 s$ k
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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