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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought, ^) @3 x( h- k2 m8 k5 c* y
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called, a5 g A7 E! Q- @; ~5 o; _" d& r
the family doctor to discuss the problem. J* y0 z8 ]: x) K7 W9 ]3 O/ `
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could! Y# K1 D3 v/ ~# ~( m/ p% n. P
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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/ |& R7 q! o" X9 c; ` N( C. mHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
1 u* S* ^3 j$ ]+ Hand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
. |' d) {) Z: D) }! D% E. H& fgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."1 B# T8 ~5 C- Q9 |: J
0 j2 O7 {% @9 J) @9 }That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the: G$ i# b9 {. Z3 W9 }
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."$ Z- M; H" P) b8 i9 e9 T7 S# S
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 G, @! s- _1 h2 I1 TNo response.1 g/ a! r. s- v. Q9 s; M: _2 d
' L$ V( ]# I7 h% Q" O' T9 j& ySo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and2 ~9 x* U; W$ H
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?" P7 b# ^/ L7 _: T3 ~8 Z h7 c% Z
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Still no response.
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4 u! Y1 x7 ]( E7 j: S& Z8 U. e: BNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife2 n( ]1 J) C6 g
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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+ n2 w! }. A8 `5 r" xAgain he gets no response.: l6 R) {! d4 ^# f; \
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
. {' {. ?6 r/ J6 M/ O0 nfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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$ x+ r+ f. V. v9 W f$ D(I just love this)
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; u5 D* r8 n9 e, J8 ]8 |1 ?"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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