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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
& ^2 a R, j( G- t: F9 h2 b' V. wshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called3 @8 u' `% p6 `% @* s4 N
the family doctor to discuss the problem. _8 t+ @: Q, [" v' d/ D4 b' W
' ]+ p, k! E5 n- z! _/ h& R* \8 oThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could- t) F' X! y* V! G
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.% W' O4 M( b. N. j4 N" ?3 |
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,0 b1 o5 p# h6 v+ l
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,% x# q3 @1 R5 P( I8 y) V
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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* p" S( q" n d. rThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the( B% j$ D# b" m6 h
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.": A( r# d- \8 W9 W/ Z3 u% w
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"2 ^% ?( ?7 o+ k* M7 t9 u& L0 n" k
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+ `/ c/ W! g' W$ X) NSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
: B& {0 c! K) p) @9 |repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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6 F3 f" `5 ]' [Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife* R2 o1 G$ j- J' [. b9 C! I: c
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 G8 O8 F1 r A6 [ b
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Again he gets no response.6 @ n2 d; X+ `4 ]. n9 H0 x7 E* L" D) `
' n, {. ~ ^) NSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ; G- L6 G5 ^) _
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?": g; R" D4 p8 s. ?0 l4 H; s+ y
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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