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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought9 V& l! p6 s6 F4 l4 s
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
( J p5 k+ G0 k6 Pthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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2 J6 a1 k& r/ Y- _+ w- CThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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' k3 \ M' {* m4 _Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
$ k% Z. N5 W/ G9 |: land in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,+ T+ S) I \2 j% E1 i
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."8 x( j: I+ L* m' L9 ]- H- ?" ?
1 @3 O- a7 V0 P& g, i) iThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the9 ^) X0 v* ]6 h0 Z5 n
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
$ m6 _! r! c6 w. |2 K1 lThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"& S% q) ~6 z7 N2 U
+ v2 E& J5 W2 p& w* ~No response.
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2 k2 B* K3 K$ xSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
0 d4 r, P. Z( V$ C/ Drepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# G8 Q2 I% D) m$ {
9 v3 ~5 o- H- R/ [) u$ r' Q$ r1 FStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 ^: s* h: k+ m/ _& z, a" ? k, w
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"- k; u& O# }' q0 @ Y4 {
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Again he gets no response.8 I+ B8 o. s+ e3 t8 P) i
9 c& N. [; u8 w( nSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ; f* [& x- `5 N% K2 J$ U+ _
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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" A2 k( a; t) [7 _3 C6 BSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?" k; e" g5 y- M7 j
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# U# B) C- T4 h- u `"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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