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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought: L5 T: u' g8 \9 @
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called6 G% Q8 r! q7 O5 b5 S
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could* |$ J3 ~" R1 W( p9 O$ A8 G
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.8 O0 w4 ~$ n& h$ |6 E
! |3 j! o& f( o; hHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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, u4 d6 [+ B- Ogo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."3 Z: D# @8 t* U& S% ~) H& K
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
1 X% L8 ]% M1 f+ N3 iden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.". r4 ]. X3 t! [; _+ a1 [
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"5 U2 C8 R% U2 M. ~! Z
5 Y' O1 o+ V/ h% [, H. ANo response.: M, G3 o" D# N8 S5 d
* P$ w$ ]- j4 ~9 ^/ JSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 b$ c& o- F; e/ A6 wrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.. M4 F# @3 _/ Q& N& w. R: f/ W
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 y2 }3 C7 B) X
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% Y6 T: R5 G+ H% |
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Again he gets no response.6 U7 y3 \/ N; ~" @
a F' C) ^' O# N' sSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ; F3 R) R6 |" m8 y+ r8 N
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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( @- d( z. @* S8 T2 _% ?So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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! S x5 c! a. M( n(I just love this)5 c5 X3 S: {# O. {4 R/ t
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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