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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought! y. L# y$ x7 P# C4 A* r8 m% s+ w3 T) b
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called3 Y; [$ b E; {. _$ u
the family doctor to discuss the problem.' j' W/ b. U6 T- f# c2 S
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could7 q% l: A% P; m3 C1 C( B' o
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.# B* w8 b" m- r h
4 `+ d3 Y+ F& G/ ?& o( c- THere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,# o! q. [- g* {: Q
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
' w$ z! L2 ?5 j9 g2 P0 Qgo 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
1 L# @% L" U3 N' C# Zden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens." c; l. S g5 Q
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"" [. j, U9 ]3 _+ m$ d
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and4 P! M+ l8 m1 j6 B9 b& n6 H
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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6 W9 R+ I+ `, ~: vStill no response.
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& s% @9 \. @0 b rNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife9 i; \' S+ M3 W
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 u9 D+ `" p7 G7 w* SAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 0 C' n, ~: }9 Q7 ^" o0 x/ e7 m
for dinner?" Again there is no response.7 B* h( T/ G. W( T
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 U4 Z- \5 \' R8 k( n5 B
7 i$ y& p4 R* p$ G* V( Z(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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