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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought' y! [3 R# h: X" K/ s
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called- P3 v2 X5 G' r" Q
the family doctor to discuss the problem.) V t& `% g( P& S3 p
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
" } s3 ~# n4 i: X q- i1 O+ V4 V* fperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.! `4 Y* o9 P5 O4 T2 U
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
. [- |# @7 x) n7 m* c* Cand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
9 v3 l6 Z5 X k7 k$ @9 j* xgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."& U E: q0 \0 n; _: ?
7 f0 E2 ~8 |) C7 iThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the9 [# a3 g* d/ f; C
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
8 |3 T3 c0 j/ F. ^2 V2 kThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"4 F3 l8 s' _+ l6 O" |
3 b; f: P1 z2 `( C5 k' x- sNo response.
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# X$ b2 a, E% b5 h1 sSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
) |9 T( l9 r! O' X/ p) Nrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"- }6 G1 ?* v" n* y$ u
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Still no response.
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and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 }! ]! W1 `5 u5 c# u" B( n7 [
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Again he gets no response.) V9 d, g o! b% E: R
; u: D6 _/ ^ ~2 kSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
# A# d9 n+ m; v& d3 a% K' a. ifor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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7 \& h& y# F# @! M# N, LSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 @5 N1 X7 V; D! G4 Y
9 {2 d- Q7 C0 ]' Z(I just love this)( d1 R0 g, k* n3 O5 P. \
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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