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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought1 z6 ]) t. n1 [8 o \
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called" r! Y* C' a+ x7 J$ a
the family doctor to discuss the problem.$ {4 m* R) Z% `+ c ]8 ~( U
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 s$ [, |% h( l7 j4 r
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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4 M8 z3 \5 A) x6 A7 _Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,2 s+ n# M+ N- R) r a! a; ?# a" I
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,( h4 v5 @" Q8 N9 L2 U
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."/ g; |' r, y7 ~3 r h! V4 s
) i- y# ^+ }& k! A/ mThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the0 F7 v+ _' j5 C
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."" Z I* G4 N$ H6 ^
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"2 j8 _( N- ^7 _/ l' K
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No response.
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: T) Z+ @: r$ NSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
) ~" @: l! P3 z& r! G# i: x' Qrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 L Q2 @5 m+ P( t- b
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife/ }) x6 p% c) u; W
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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$ ^" e% l' L2 r% X8 |- {Again he gets no response.$ A2 X- O6 k7 U+ z A
% ^% `" }" t* h! J0 o# Z% {& NSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 9 f* G- H# y9 j `6 S$ v/ l/ `
for dinner?" Again there is no response./ R5 x2 h) x8 |* S5 I: ]
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)7 B1 K5 J1 E. R8 R0 \
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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