 鲜花( 77)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought h" d' p7 q2 t& d
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called' I2 ~' @$ x( j1 A. w- R- v8 [
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
3 s! n% M' T5 A h+ {3 c0 u3 e" a4 @; J3 [1 T
The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could$ q7 ?! ^5 G( I# {4 ~9 ]2 P
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
$ b' j2 i8 N; h* |1 k) N8 E6 V& D% L, y2 |
Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
4 K" |) O) |5 {' v" jand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,( i& S* ^( ^* X
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
9 J# Z* Z; G v2 J; ~7 s& T6 S/ Y0 M2 `, ^9 Y
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
. S) Z* N u% W3 J q6 }& Fden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."1 d+ Z0 }! U7 H" X) T _
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"9 D- K4 M* x( k
" ]8 N; q7 \1 H* u) b( O( {, X v
No response.
, J" K5 J( H* W. I6 o4 m& f. E5 W. O2 b+ c: n: ]# x5 V9 ]. g
So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and ` ?1 R7 r$ ?% Q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# i! h/ n! { ?
- }# L1 F1 T: c. Z x9 c* N( J" W$ mStill no response.
! X. I4 v$ a$ m/ |2 Z/ n* e
8 { Y9 x+ Q4 @$ MNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife7 i" K5 N* Y5 Q5 ~
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
- u1 C( i/ D7 v6 f5 ], N
& ^5 R: E. y. d1 _# O9 I; p9 ZAgain he gets no response.
$ v& r, Z% G1 k4 Z7 y4 \& d
! V( T5 x l+ j/ s0 XSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 3 c9 A1 u5 x: P1 @" f" A
for dinner?" Again there is no response.; I) Y3 G% P/ C2 n
' B b" {3 p) e' M, Q J/ uSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
, j- v |3 ]1 ^# s z
3 _9 f# K, S# ?3 ?1 J(I just love this)
" X* E( u. V' F4 D/ m; F9 ~: d8 c4 u F1 G* M$ I& M/ X/ r
$ z8 B5 l# M" r$ a; k: Z"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
|