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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought' B, S" J2 L5 c2 A: I$ C7 D$ J
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called' X' I2 P) o& b0 y6 r4 i8 |
the family doctor to discuss the problem., h) o( Z/ J/ i: b) R- F$ ^0 N
% k7 r+ y$ S# i K3 r6 N0 OThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could7 U, \. U0 r" o( M
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.( B ~. p A- t; M- [ A6 S
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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* ~1 n' @2 z3 B/ o& k, }% Cgo 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 the9 ~) S; D" [/ J* I
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."2 i1 T. u- {3 U J
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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5 j0 e* a& a6 W) a8 wNo response.$ T# r6 l5 D5 {5 K
6 t2 P$ Z6 A4 tSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and+ h& M/ }: `" e& J) [% }( w
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?". P2 J3 |5 w, F: s0 F
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Still no response.( p5 D- q+ p9 M9 t& c* [
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife" n, q, f9 e5 S7 {
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 K$ @" _6 ~. X0 N, t6 t4 c- C
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Again he gets no response.6 O2 b0 y$ O+ l6 @! i
/ J) |5 W r2 a; ` LSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - @# h# X+ w' t1 ^ E/ [
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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, w8 s8 k+ g8 zSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 k; ^4 |) b/ |(I just love this)# p7 W0 v% I2 s+ H( b) t
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" z% D# L( s% a% E& v( i9 C"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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