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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought1 ?8 _ a: A, ^ R/ ^+ N! h
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called' p9 f! ^- E$ A
the family doctor to discuss the problem.9 N/ x' s7 v" x! ?" T
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could! A: c# S, Y! y( T( c
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.3 ^1 q2 v0 L! p
, S, G, A+ G- Q! _1 N: {Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
0 \* H1 P; W; U8 Dand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
1 r Y: W+ a% E0 Y# i# q& e4 l( ^$ Ugo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."8 `5 H# q7 o W2 x$ k
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
4 Y7 I+ R' g; r4 ?% i8 Sden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."- g" S( W% D% y, J& N9 i3 P
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"% `! i+ B L$ k9 C1 j" X
: Q% x+ F1 {# @( M3 l6 }( \ K- pNo response.; j0 ~* X1 H- K3 i( p& |1 N
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and% [' h) d! [9 I# Y* r: p7 j
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 h: I1 X- v5 R8 q6 E/ g2 T
* c# e0 S' ~7 A7 W* U3 u; L7 rStill no response./ Y: E, @! |* K' K- U' V7 x
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife/ j: q# K: I% X
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 ~$ o% r U# [+ ]0 g4 ^% d
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Again he gets no response.
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+ J1 _( r* E4 H; n- D& ISo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
9 x8 Y" [& @& p3 Rfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"! X9 q. R: ~* A
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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