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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought8 Z- Z1 f( L. B& u" z
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called: W3 j, M* ^8 x: J% [3 G7 G
the family doctor to discuss the problem.' u' F5 P2 B" y, x
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could: z* s$ N7 V. N `5 V0 F4 F
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.* _' F" i* a e; [1 L3 v
# ]& Q; B# N: H7 z$ {- a7 K! vHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
" j1 L$ A- q% {7 Y* I+ l" gand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not," V) g+ m( s. \% I" i6 c1 }/ R L( {
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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2 j2 r0 p- i0 ]6 F; DThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the& I! g& S+ Q- v
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
! P' D9 F& D4 K5 b7 X9 sThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and5 Z+ s. \- C' c- I* I7 j
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.# h: I6 Y! X2 M( I$ W) m$ l; ?! ~
- Q$ Q6 X* m- t; {) MNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
\/ r3 E ?+ K1 L0 Oand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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, N- S2 u X! E2 [Again he gets no response.
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9 I0 q& D4 l3 L) H a) ASo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's * `4 ~4 e @ T6 {& V
for dinner?" Again there is no response.7 K! o* H) h! g) J
/ _! P' d- [+ ~* B5 GSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)% D, v4 R, @& j
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9 `5 K7 b% l+ B. g"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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