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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
2 F2 U. I0 h% U1 g/ ]/ Yshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
& S# M1 Q; _9 M1 t# x3 }the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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3 B2 t% W" l6 ~, I4 VThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could) ]7 ~" \8 G$ l! {6 P
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.( J7 }& k( l$ X0 J
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,/ ]1 P9 @5 L$ g ^, v7 }
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,3 V; s. v; @0 N0 Z/ N
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."% d3 E$ n* b% ^) {! ]
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the4 H, Q' g. ~+ F, M/ v. I) ]* }
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.". j4 X# E: `* E+ H9 l" E
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" Z3 v4 ^1 R/ q' b- Q: \( k
0 ^: c7 p$ F0 y) ?No response.
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. s$ t b6 S$ y6 {4 [ l! W" X3 y cSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
9 {3 ]( J6 a0 F1 {# mrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 { i* ^2 J3 n9 q& |* _
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Still no response.
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7 o0 C& V. D# E" l+ {- d6 cNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
0 ~9 E9 H0 @# y1 G$ xand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?": P0 s3 } }' B9 F8 U3 J
; i3 ]( {4 T& y3 d8 C; iAgain he gets no response.9 q6 O3 ^! N& W, M- L
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - G. i9 v8 `4 \- n
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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5 |$ J$ b- S8 d8 M2 ~7 t; ?So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 A; `( d+ u3 [" o
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(I just love this)
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. u# \0 ] }, w. h4 {. Z"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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