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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought R! b- I+ H' z- W J
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
# f! g* i+ W* L, w) sthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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3 `* T# w4 W0 GThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could; d- X1 H( Z! m: ]
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.0 [% J" ]) O3 H
# L' L' j. D9 F k3 u0 PHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,9 ?) J5 E! Q- D8 u0 ?- C, X! {/ w
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
- O8 O4 k: ^( ? M* ~& ego 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- B3 |1 w$ T: n3 ~
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
1 j0 O! {# \0 v$ ^( ` aThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"$ \# c L; T% O3 U
; Q! c, v) F+ {5 YNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
5 W3 w# j5 l; B6 @repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 \0 G+ D+ A w9 G/ _( g2 X; J* l, zStill no response.; i1 r# x( N4 Z b1 p
3 b7 m" b! C3 J" h6 ]" fNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife3 D7 s% {1 D7 N7 p- U: S
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.' N) j% _6 m7 H$ [
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's , E& E1 [( n8 @8 p
for dinner?" Again there is no response.& Q( V1 \3 a3 p8 h
/ D. B7 e: j: v% ySo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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, O) d4 i( R+ o6 L! e(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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