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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought& t3 M1 h0 X, F! `6 W; L
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called4 O, D% P" M% h' H7 e
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 C& p, v% ?7 E3 v& Z
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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$ v8 R2 H2 p, w6 S" Y+ p9 eHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,% i3 f, p6 C. j7 B6 s |; u8 X
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
' l2 b* W8 C& @& Zgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.". `% N# d; Z- s- C- p) a
' T) x7 `4 J' d) D0 e, G7 w1 uThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
% \ W' S/ L9 B8 R4 _den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
# t% O' S8 \# pThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"% q# k0 H1 b2 ^& {
" o9 n0 f! T& {No response.
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8 e2 E) N$ k7 s: uSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and! u8 z9 D9 A4 o$ f! r$ H* Y
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"" u. D. U" G- U, p3 t$ X
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Still no response.% B7 j# [% r% ?
8 \& K& a. u7 {/ c4 o. m+ N, SNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife3 _' K9 U/ M+ M& Y1 [
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 I( a& x# ?$ I( Z7 P2 U8 b- T! U! ]
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 1 l8 v. g6 g- o. v; R+ P
for dinner?" Again there is no response.! H7 h0 t1 e8 I; W
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"( Q8 f0 i6 l* t& Y' q
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(I just love this)% G1 A; j) E$ G) G# G
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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