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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought" V j9 U0 E' N) |
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called$ l) B- p- C6 v" Z8 C i- I
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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5 c8 I! | M: U# TThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could3 N- A% z1 |3 ~
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.2 Q* J& X; |6 @; P
+ T# l$ g4 l6 C9 wHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
9 F4 S/ F( O+ e6 ^- c8 Uand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
6 H: G5 p0 J k4 [* J7 Q: O* N5 _. Pgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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% f" l( m% ]. rThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the7 Q- E, w$ T6 u3 {" m
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.") o3 r5 f7 P0 P; R3 x1 e2 p# L% b( R
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.! \$ f! l& N) m: q
# ?( [" g, V0 Q( q5 T" pSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 y+ F# L; w6 b+ n1 l% x! qrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?". {, G- q0 A" a" B) c9 \; Z
# x6 K/ W2 ^$ m& VStill no response.) `; J, g' w9 k6 L+ k
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife: |& I, m1 |: ~/ J
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response., L- B" \! x$ G1 A) |# F3 M" W
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's # L+ s0 X _7 P3 G
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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, S- V4 A' X) ^3 G) o6 |# HSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?" z5 B2 A. ^( I1 \5 f# n$ T6 W
6 q9 A" q7 X- c N9 c$ K(I just love this)" _& ]2 I+ @6 @
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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