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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought& [: m& |0 {. d
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called! |" _6 J& i9 ]& a/ l
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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% q f% [/ b1 ]3 oThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could- ^: C l+ C* A8 e' n
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. P- g$ h+ n1 B- _7 Q3 O
7 v9 X5 ~5 V8 |! S1 i7 zHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,/ F! J" F' O( D8 v2 k" r: G6 g" ~
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
3 a; q( c+ W8 J3 l7 Cgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."; U2 r+ A7 o: {+ T/ ?, w
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the4 K( I- E1 q5 w; A) V1 L
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
/ C+ P2 E" d, P0 o! eThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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; B; u) y2 r$ S" ]7 |4 z+ p" }No response.( y, I* u$ K. l3 r! q. ~0 e7 B
( m1 O5 v2 J; E9 G, ~' P- _So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and& e5 N6 ^) H6 D0 h- {
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 [9 m+ a& ^" T. s U/ L |
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife& ^6 P! M5 _9 n1 K( w
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's $ w2 S% }8 q; H7 [$ x
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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$ R. x4 x) l7 X M2 f: NSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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