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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
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the family doctor to discuss the problem.( k& `0 K8 F6 }( s4 B% h3 D
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could( p: O L5 k7 W1 c- A
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.( o" P9 r1 [' d2 a* f1 l
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,$ i$ P; _+ R G* r1 ^* [
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
~% a- g9 J/ G W& O5 g1 J. Wgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."- Z* A, Y7 [ w' H, d, l
" |% q: d0 J1 tThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
b! H# \" ~* ^den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
. k* _( o; q2 W5 K6 y! q' yThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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1 l1 {+ E) X. L cNo response.- e+ E( p$ }, b& O8 ]6 C
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
* q6 }1 ?7 G8 N0 P- d& wrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 @+ l I) Z/ M1 S$ T* v. s
5 w/ ~& V7 ]. P( g4 R. ?2 }Still no response.+ p0 Q) T! w$ `5 I# {2 a- k
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
# O! e$ \9 B* X* x. O; J: g) Iand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 G N7 n- d* n/ D
% R- n0 m% `9 ~7 f7 l; pAgain he gets no response.
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/ n" f4 r7 t: Y! NSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 8 c3 e% |; w" U0 e
for dinner?" Again there is no response.. h: r9 ^% F, i9 u4 u( {" U
7 O, m7 \& {, `6 d# s) d% lSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 T; {" I; B) U7 @/ K7 b9 i
; q U; I/ \# M( q) I(I just love this)
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2 A S$ X* A0 N6 y. X7 J"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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