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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought. g) m7 y) u. K5 Q* m1 d
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called, ]) d' }. [' O6 X# o2 @7 @
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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7 v( B) V+ A/ j4 M6 f" C: X0 B* mThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 i: M9 l/ `6 w: A$ I
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.5 w/ y! x# k- P6 G8 F5 P1 J0 f- O
) k0 a1 l0 v8 F5 pHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
; Z, v, A; K9 T. [& g7 {( G/ pand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
6 L" h) K3 O: k! K1 A: rgo 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/ k6 g8 B4 Y n2 M8 O
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."+ O- o. J) c% ^' Y* I1 L9 c
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?") G8 N. h2 J/ j
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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
$ s" ?# W3 g: jrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"; N: q( |- J) G; h2 h
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Still no response.
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. E; }& f# t$ `. E' x% U6 iNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife% r& ] A5 l. e. [5 W
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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& \* |: l4 P! T# AAgain he gets no response.9 n9 w( }3 o5 t% |; S( l
5 D3 G. S! f' G# o3 b# y& Y2 jSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
( _* T% B) z( Qfor dinner?" Again there is no response.: W% H- x/ W* z! B
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?", _, G0 Y0 Z2 q! R
. I4 M* H! {6 j' f(I just love this)+ N/ f" J k& }7 f3 l0 z
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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