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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought4 |+ ?: Y! [! V% x$ U+ c8 v( ^1 Q
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called, z9 `6 h3 W6 {: ^: f
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could) [2 V7 m5 ~4 ] {4 S9 b2 w
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.; n% ^% C$ V0 h. C, W9 T+ B# F! D
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,% h; o( q& V! _# f, Y7 V
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,! ~* G- U+ [: G+ f$ ?- Q& q; J
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."2 D( z" r$ f7 }
( q+ E9 O# `8 s/ u0 s, IThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
+ L/ j- _0 o% a8 t2 Vden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.") N+ j/ F$ C" Q( Z t5 x$ `, U
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 f4 U5 J* R& @$ }- uNo response.5 B4 k9 U7 c) t) C
8 k4 }1 y0 N& bSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 i, H! `# R0 e$ J( n. Srepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 W7 w j' ~/ x, Z6 N( SStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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& a0 R& e# G9 p& x6 N5 ^" wSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's % B* q9 t6 y: s; A7 U& M- \# A+ Z5 G
for dinner?" Again there is no response.2 o5 u$ c+ B3 j& z5 W1 A
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)- ~6 n; h) S |, P
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: K, d |+ `9 {"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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