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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought8 j. K& s; @9 _/ J: b
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
+ S# B& O% Y7 V1 X: Pthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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7 P% E6 ^5 T$ PThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could. i0 B6 y! @- Z
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss., m; F' {" [2 ^4 i# L6 W
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,/ R. S8 H' z# |: s1 {8 h: X
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
# V2 U Y( k" `, C/ s% Hgo 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
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! x8 j4 F p5 _5 o6 d7 i/ J X1 GThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"" b) o" H& |# K: h3 w5 F- W0 l. M( M: @- m
8 Q! y; S% L: d# }3 h+ Z6 cNo response.. u/ p- o1 C. f9 {
4 J4 a) \5 Z8 J8 @2 _! n6 PSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and$ o8 b. `: _9 Y9 l
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.# M; P2 ^% Q& A* z4 }
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife! J g6 K2 v% O0 E; Z$ S
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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" L! X- ^& y5 U, d0 L4 @ ]Again he gets no response.1 _8 l6 K2 D! D7 c$ F# k" b, @
4 t% y) e' o% m+ M' V+ X( ]- ^So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
$ K, X2 z7 E1 N5 r; f! f! D+ Vfor dinner?" Again there is no response.* S8 W1 E7 B. d0 I) M9 I
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"* n; n0 s/ k m: u
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(I just love this)8 a4 M* B& b# J% H: [
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6 O1 B" n5 T) I( }( e4 z' n"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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