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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought1 F4 G3 G2 D9 x7 O& z/ n. b# K: J
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called8 h. }( ~7 E% N4 P
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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5 f: N9 |% r. GThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
' ]4 e- a& g# M; |1 h0 iperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.0 v% k5 |- n& F, j" c
$ U3 @2 a6 u( L! C( NHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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8 W6 S. e) Z8 K& ]0 x% cgo 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
3 O2 P' o9 T# b4 S9 m$ Vden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."; B- e: d2 N5 H. z' N0 L
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?") W& S& y1 ?4 d/ ^5 {/ J% Q
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No response.' t& x2 J: ]. T9 C1 G: d% f d
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
4 Z/ x( f% x$ B% \5 H2 Erepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"+ g0 x7 ]0 L+ O$ N, E7 q
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Still no response.7 s9 y( ~- h* M# G
; \5 v+ a2 `" f0 b7 q( [Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife/ K, `) L$ Z- {9 V1 z" d
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 l% c( w/ p; l: ` y& F
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Again he gets no response.+ K+ H* M7 G# e# E
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 2 s y5 A# W: v+ O
for dinner?" Again there is no response.% b. O' W) n4 V& [
. g* {, L, e6 c' I5 @& I- WSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this), _, V2 W g6 F1 [$ a$ h
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, a9 g. a. j* P1 k$ ]8 ~5 z"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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