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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought' H* G5 F P7 t6 {! S1 }6 w+ Z
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called9 Q7 W. L, x) k6 y9 Y2 E" U
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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( H! n4 c& ^! U( E: T [The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could; b+ o7 _! ^$ z2 [9 ?4 L0 s+ ]4 Q$ E5 W
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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( ~4 m6 r/ ~: k( W! n) ?/ |Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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0 u& R7 e7 z( a% M" R/ jgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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! E5 i1 ?9 V# K* P8 Q/ X/ d5 _; bThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the8 x% [# {+ |5 W2 k( ]% o) q/ b
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
1 l% {# {7 D- K- w: H' v! kThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"( v7 s! i9 x+ s5 s4 `( x
# M) _. o0 N0 T& k+ w- S% _No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and* V: D& R; f3 L0 h
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.# a9 z1 i7 c# H2 M8 O9 u
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife1 G1 e# ^3 X; v3 _& B3 V; X2 {2 g
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 N$ O% k0 o0 }: d/ y% S# j& [9 X
6 k! w. g* ~0 K% L& pAgain he gets no response.
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7 A; C) d! Z l3 ~So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
Y3 Q) h, ?! `# V6 `2 Hfor dinner?" Again there is no response., E9 Q* P+ `% L6 E+ h
( x! r& I* c* s/ h7 aSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) k0 r8 c7 e8 T) X) c(I just love this)
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2 y( ?7 b: F& `, A% g" b. x$ M- D4 A"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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