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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought5 _' |4 G+ Y9 E" g; C* z2 [. S
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
7 r( @# u7 [* `/ m6 h' Pthe family doctor to discuss the problem.9 b2 n- X+ X+ R5 Q
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could S9 K) C3 s) H$ J8 P* B$ n; ^: a
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss." W, ~: {' S& G& M+ G
# ?; A* i! V" q* v8 T; Z# F5 sHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
+ l9 W% |. f/ l' \7 M- P1 band in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,. C8 X7 U+ w" J! Y# |: a/ {
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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- e! t9 S; L8 B3 ?8 ]" dThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the& G, A# S) V' F9 j: J5 s2 y
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."6 x4 e. Z( O- R3 G& K
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?") `6 j( j+ y# [: U
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
' }5 g" v0 n' D, Qrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.8 t9 F" `5 I( g/ i% x. w1 a+ P
" _9 g: ~' H: Q/ sNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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. m9 ^. p; z3 w: d$ VAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
+ i9 _! a0 J/ T; ffor dinner?" Again there is no response. E' J- S% L8 N5 o; g, t
( Y2 c" [3 o' DSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 R7 ]5 V0 j0 a5 I; g
0 V2 ?$ `: t" S. Z/ o5 ?2 Y8 u(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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