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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
/ R+ J8 ^# C$ ?$ I6 _she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
4 f2 I6 W7 C$ q) S* e! e' P, M" S" pthe family doctor to discuss the problem.& \4 s5 A( ~0 n
. {- J9 ]' A( ]The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could) u$ H# h5 l. e
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.5 Z N# y% z/ i$ @ J: u1 |
5 S: t4 P9 l8 X6 o* R, I FHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
* e; x L# `6 L$ {) A p7 `- Band in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,# y8 c# L: Q$ f r6 O1 z
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.") r' g" q1 {) f( i ?& n
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the8 O0 N' |8 B0 Z$ ^/ p! ~8 c
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
6 n/ F+ F0 l4 kThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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( B" @7 Y: b/ L; cNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
f$ ~/ ~4 O# m) ]: Y A0 xrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* D4 G; x4 B. L
' b7 p: t$ z% B2 X: u8 B* vStill no response.: z1 g$ M9 ~2 x/ g& ]8 F) v6 J
) t9 Z) `1 K% N; y5 vNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
; q4 g9 l! o2 {% t' ~and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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( E" R4 }- }& ]& N2 p% sAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's " i: V d% w& @: K' b
for dinner?" Again there is no response.* c& P6 Q) n/ ]2 R# d# r
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ ?, }6 O8 W* C: o, W* j( ~
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(I just love this)
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" n. W4 |4 @- B5 E"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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