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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought0 Z7 w$ T7 a+ T/ f
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called: r- |5 n: O& s( d# O
the family doctor to discuss the problem.$ A, W( Z) S0 w2 S6 Z
+ z4 @' I/ A: q2 B3 r+ t: |" _: KThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
3 Z& _( q, z# A7 i6 X X2 h( Jperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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1 S4 w& Y$ K; j ^# O" }1 CHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,* ^) f! U6 e, Z. N
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,- [$ @5 n0 ^! P% S# e' _3 s
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."& `# X. Q. l9 M- p% a
, M2 u& d9 x, L3 o' J: BThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
5 b! D0 K" P# z& k# Cden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
! Z; Z( h5 v; U7 t( z- T/ G5 TThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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5 k! ^' t4 N- YSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and- a- w1 a- H* c! o- {+ Y2 K# Y
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 N6 E. T$ g' V c5 x! I8 R/ a
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife v1 }0 c, H* p0 e, B0 [/ N
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' w' c5 s6 k# C! `; O
. ^8 |/ _& x' R4 rAgain he gets no response." q9 g* H) L0 e/ W. o$ P/ }
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
/ r2 n% I. a" B. j: xfor 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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" n- Q8 V4 D; m# @(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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