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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought) C3 n6 b0 ?; Z6 Y6 w. f Z
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
. M/ N8 v/ ~( I, m: zthe family doctor to discuss the problem.+ ?8 x4 T( j4 p5 h, q5 ? A9 `
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could' v; @4 l$ w. G# w
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.2 d: S) S4 u% J+ b
1 r& `$ C3 @. \Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,2 C2 H, K& }* t. y$ @. D
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,6 \: z/ a' \* n3 z
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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. {! n( @, Y) n" J1 jThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
1 b4 v/ `( |3 i7 p# lden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."% H& V& o0 `* ]8 |- H, J# u
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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$ ?9 { Y; x/ U/ K: G9 e$ f$ z/ VNo response.2 v+ i- a: n; {+ O
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and, j+ @; t( y- G$ i6 y1 p5 q* P) \
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% C" |2 h! r9 k) d7 j% u( G, Q
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. F; ^4 f _: u/ n9 m; HNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife; y/ a; X) F. c% ], B" y7 u& \9 K
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! E6 p% R( |, r) K+ z
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Again he gets no response., \6 K- E' U8 B- Z
7 o5 E9 W- }, o7 P/ ` `3 P1 _3 TSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - f" u% U, I/ l; }! z# n
for dinner?" Again there is no response.0 C2 {" K( K5 V8 N
4 R. Z5 p/ p0 }- i* M( E9 J% mSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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9 u. H% |5 d' m# E% k- K(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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