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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought J9 {& c7 _; I7 k7 Y ]) D
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called4 h) Z8 |( t0 G9 v, e4 G7 l8 r
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could, \: `, v; k5 d/ t
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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9 x1 n& B4 @% b2 S+ ?0 R6 yHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,4 B9 X' g l6 o7 q% o6 Y. M
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
, d, [# o/ G, f9 a+ l( X# Cgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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c- i& B" b* A/ _# x$ u4 VThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the) G1 r; I5 p% M* ]2 @
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
1 {1 s% b2 O) b0 E ~Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?". }; j, a4 G. k8 `
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No response.5 ]7 n, w1 d l3 ?+ p. I
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
L# u; K1 p; T R4 Krepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"( l* Y4 h. A) ^& Y; c
$ d1 c5 ]9 D* yStill no response.
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8 ^/ \1 |: y6 e+ P5 q9 }6 ^Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife3 ~: O$ {0 l" x$ p" Z4 {- t
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?" c- m1 D/ Y5 T9 h: D
1 x) t: W6 f: r+ bAgain he gets no response.& s1 x1 }, m* i8 [, g0 m, s1 o2 B
' F7 h1 u6 q& h" A/ C' U- R0 cSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 4 U/ M5 @8 o; |
for dinner?" Again there is no response./ t+ s( _, K8 M5 V- f. V
% Z$ Z" K* I9 D- d- w) @0 QSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 a) ^* S9 u& l5 i/ q1 W7 O
) M- j2 D2 f0 k% w/ ?0 p0 m* X, U(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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