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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
+ G, B1 b9 T. y" u8 L" z- gshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
( W3 x' N3 d* o0 p( }the family doctor to discuss the problem.7 g. ~ B1 ^$ J, O1 K
6 x0 B6 Y# D. PThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could, w3 v# a5 [! b( [( H7 U% i( o2 O
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.7 F! X: x$ t! p6 F: Q9 _2 C
0 `+ O4 P, s5 o& [5 Y% SHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,5 g/ D( c5 A* q
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
1 Q/ C# b8 @* D$ r0 D- [; z, Dgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."( E5 o* P& L/ E* s7 o
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the( c3 \# o/ S) w
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens." V" P* l) z; c9 m9 P
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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( } m8 G: j: \! {* V5 a+ B: wNo response.5 ]6 T3 q; G& r! ~
, b8 l) ~& h0 }4 t. g% k2 {So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
1 D- S% D y. g/ M; D" ]repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"; i5 ]# M* k, C7 Q
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Still no response.
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! w/ W2 U4 D! }7 T% W% h0 Z7 JNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife. b. j& ^2 C/ o
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 l- \" B9 y5 d2 z
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Again he gets no response.
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4 k% S# Y$ _: D; S" V! ]' O% F6 s) f, oSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's , A' n+ _% Z- v) T; l, R- \, S Q# D
for dinner?" Again there is no response.$ J& y, w- H7 r0 j# D' v
+ B5 T% x' e! T& B) _6 d7 t" v, }So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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& n/ z2 X% l8 W$ p; f2 ~$ A/ s(I just love this)
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$ c7 Y m$ V6 g' E: j"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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