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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought$ c: }# I0 m9 z9 E7 p/ F' k
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called5 K9 e% }: c* m# B9 Z$ l' ^5 h
the family doctor to discuss the problem.5 d B6 B" s( T0 t4 J
5 q; P* ~1 e/ q- `8 E. cThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
) n% P3 `' N) e9 A0 ~9 n3 s P; Dperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.; w' Y+ j8 }0 `$ |, @/ B U- ?
5 m# H) y* `8 R# z/ c* { z2 a5 HHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
2 c8 [$ ?6 D& b/ Mand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,( k& }, f5 i# L1 M& n" o/ ?) U9 U' O
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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7 J v8 v. D* H; f6 b4 UThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the1 q0 J- F- G: `0 h g2 g5 k
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."6 B0 [: U8 g: P! i1 ]
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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6 y; {# d/ X1 I: {! ?3 ]So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
* T3 l5 ~) {) [ k' n, `repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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. {' s, b# B/ P& M8 E8 KStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
4 G' V0 r; V# b: K% nand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.2 h% K* h" ~1 r
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
/ d) c6 ^" s: b5 efor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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: C+ W% k5 A- r. `4 [; [4 MSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"- ?0 R! \$ I; m, \
( h+ _& T5 g w% {% C# ^(I just love this)
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0 ]: D5 q/ ]* G/ q"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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