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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought; N9 q, M4 B! ~4 p3 `) v5 c
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called- h$ W( s6 D0 S
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could, e: [& X6 \& D6 y3 g/ v, H0 `) f
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.& ~: T2 m. N$ B, m* b
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,2 M6 u& I. {, z E
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,* q: [7 Y; g4 f( s0 A
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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' a# r Q& I2 \4 \4 xThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
! s x- m- F1 P# k, n0 x7 A' Qden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
! r) G& [/ H- r4 p5 O# XThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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" M5 ~( U4 r" K* H! T9 ]So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and; {; T, V( ?6 Q9 l7 N5 t/ G
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 |$ o& K0 _4 n
- c' z4 b' y9 Y" }8 [Still no response." J1 P0 e' ?6 z6 T! b0 }
d s1 i H& p+ ~2 sNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
7 u, }$ C. U. l2 I, r, M7 Mand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 r- I5 y9 L( G% J m0 H
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Again he gets no response.
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4 @" H- B) t" @$ V4 j% r# eSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 9 Q% L, M5 B- f' I
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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0 N9 ]2 z1 v- E: jSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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