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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
* o m, m7 D( [1 F* U! Fshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
+ E$ w9 S8 e6 t* D. uthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
2 r7 P) K! ?& z3 xperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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r6 `1 g3 p C/ Z9 U- DHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,# A9 X0 _/ t& f2 G- c
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
9 H! }1 s4 X6 H4 A# L Q2 v/ @; W+ Ygo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."& Q$ l* K. q5 q4 Z7 [3 V3 d( K& @* e
5 w( V' T. j! }: m$ vThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the; t) k. L1 R, a5 h, a; M% q
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."3 A5 ~& n: l) t4 { \
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
) A: X9 n" J0 {+ e) xrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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. K$ n9 T$ N) Y* QStill no response.: L1 Z8 ? P) r, ?' u$ T
6 j# y9 }1 q0 t+ j8 PNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife; `/ o) }, t6 q9 C6 h
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.8 o `: y! w% e0 C; }
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
: F) e6 i3 {5 d2 l4 ifor dinner?" Again there is no response.8 ~0 F8 S- p2 f6 x
; K% J, U _2 K9 E7 a! Y: Z! ]So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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( l$ _3 g# x) E8 |(I just love this)
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& Z7 d1 Z) k: ` ]"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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