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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought& \8 H. T* `6 c/ z {8 m& x# V1 ^
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called* l R% o+ x9 p6 Z% ^( Y X
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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# b1 ^; z% Z) p+ ~' JThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
6 H4 _' c* `, r' _' B% sperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.6 X: h1 \. m4 G" l: A
$ L6 m: `9 v6 d( H3 `5 t, r& THere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,. e( _- d% ^8 \7 _) S. [( u
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,2 c- i: U( r# Z1 ?9 f. j( _
go 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 the0 `( S: Z* G" m+ ^% u
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.", i, _6 y9 G$ T
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"0 c% Z* N8 D1 B& a$ f3 C
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No response.$ ?" k( b6 W1 H2 v Q6 W
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and C2 _ }; P0 ]2 A, G0 l6 w1 h! U
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.% v4 ~& h& s+ ?0 y9 N1 q: z) d
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
% ]2 E+ `5 i8 tand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ o% C2 r7 X/ q% B7 @) H
$ f+ r7 i# c1 ]Again he gets no response.9 ~# H# Z, \3 k/ c* p* ~
2 o! Y2 k1 M/ T6 q6 M ESo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ; }5 }* [! b1 f9 p' p* ]
for dinner?" Again there is no response.# n. f8 J2 ]3 J! q: }
. f4 j- h4 e; e7 c* f MSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) W/ z; J4 D9 j" V! B, Z8 b(I just love this)! m2 N6 L v$ I0 U3 ]
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6 B1 j' K1 d @9 D. H1 k"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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