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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought* t9 O' w9 i: m' z; @
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called# Q2 N# s$ C4 Q
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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8 S9 k2 r0 ~' J; rThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
' Y% V! v0 O; j% P. Kperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.( A2 h. H$ Y S7 t. s- N0 B
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,* I* I3 R: T* Y1 B
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not," |' u1 A+ n0 v
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."% _6 E5 r! e- M Y& M1 N# O5 M
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
; q* X6 Y% {' d* G; t/ y$ _den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
1 _4 S D! F0 E' I, y1 W$ XThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"4 e4 W1 z6 E6 W+ W: ]+ Z' V8 `) S$ `
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No response.$ h9 i3 i: f4 J) N! _
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and( B' x) Q8 k5 _, O2 ~" q5 D+ Y
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.% X2 V! i: z+ t1 Q( E, c
; E) m4 f5 t; X5 _, L' l0 h, ENext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
3 _0 k, L% S+ t7 R/ `0 N$ M$ V5 Fand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* O% U) `/ y4 c$ Y
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's # q7 [+ S* o4 n0 @" N
for dinner?" Again there is no response.8 ?% n: K: z( j1 n8 z+ _! q B
2 }; V2 D! V2 D7 j- uSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)$ y3 R1 B8 q- r; `
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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