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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought3 B E. W) x4 e9 A& ^
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
0 T0 L2 m/ C+ c! ithe family doctor to discuss the problem.4 {% X, ]8 N# Y; Z3 f" @
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could. l2 O/ i4 V9 C: A- ], |5 v% v9 ~0 {
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.6 y4 [+ _6 J- l7 ?" E" e7 X* J5 h* V
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
3 C. \" k3 D/ t5 j3 Tand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
5 K! a0 q1 v3 l6 s7 R& rgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."" c" [/ Z6 \" X+ ^) ~. t
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the U4 \ M4 P* R' D( `
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
& U% T* u" k) |! M0 K( h" c1 NThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"4 f( J, [0 S( R$ `) O' l5 S: [. w
, l! u0 ^, A' Q: [5 X4 x- P9 }0 cNo response.' l R4 V; i/ x9 W. h; t9 q
" P3 ~/ ~, O" i" {" R" MSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
9 A: C+ f# B- ?: y, h2 ^repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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' V+ ?. B, E& U( j# p' o: YStill no response.
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. A5 a6 t0 s: @6 O R3 }4 WNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife! ^) {9 C% P& x
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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- T) g/ e; a! i4 E+ O8 m5 GAgain he gets no response.
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3 y5 d/ s7 W N: m% c$ ?, d5 fSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's + i8 I3 q: y4 y; J
for dinner?" Again there is no response.! y" _; I9 ~$ G( d0 e
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this). \ K, {5 a G% X, m3 |
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2 G! x4 F6 V& u"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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