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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
3 t5 |. S% x" W0 I, Q; ?/ dshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called# K& P8 q0 s4 F5 _3 n, E3 G
the family doctor to discuss the problem.0 S' Z2 o& s X2 H3 o
; v1 u8 ]2 U2 M6 V" \$ z9 `The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could( Z; h) ?7 ]2 Z8 |2 P4 `
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.* A3 H4 N3 ]% o" d: d& _
# u3 a. B7 [9 `# w2 iHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,6 M1 Q/ m6 `( j3 v& l, K& g
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,6 g2 a6 _1 n' c4 f1 f$ E3 ?4 {
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."6 x& A9 ]: {$ \" v
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the v2 ~% D. V" s* }' n# G8 P
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."" R3 P" Y1 T! h+ t" w4 {; J
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.% Q/ f- A1 r9 f8 E& K+ N3 d' g
' u- t# A/ P# G, v. T" I! b' cSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
3 _' O2 _; y, Xrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"+ A+ I5 \2 m! I# t
6 C6 v. ]3 A0 R' z( P9 S+ hStill no response.
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9 ]- U8 _' O- kNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife1 A; L7 }8 R/ J. J
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 C; w% x0 B2 \0 x
: a2 U6 I3 {9 t; M: eAgain he gets no response.
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0 V {( I% K, b% Z U: q# T& SSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
& v9 I& t$ c5 |+ Ufor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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3 D0 `" j1 N4 n6 l"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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