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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought* ^% R, i6 A; T# ?8 y7 c9 l, e) t
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called! x, [ Y2 y: e8 Y; W8 a
the family doctor to discuss the problem.; B! g% D) f3 D& w
/ d- S+ }2 M' e7 R l C0 uThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
5 B5 T4 Z2 B4 F- `# e+ H1 eperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.* C; M- ^# n2 u, \2 L" X: Q$ D
1 z, T& K( s9 ^( YHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
4 B6 Y- I1 p7 o- O/ y& [+ Cand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,1 c; D9 M# B, h: q
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the1 W- O1 [" s7 H1 O- m5 N( H# X! F
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."$ ]8 O' {! ^ g0 \3 O* e
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"1 C0 N& `8 n! d" W) k% G
7 Z+ s: ]& o Y+ p* c" tNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and, Z: ]: ?" Y0 M/ ~
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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/ b$ Q9 d m; Z& nStill no response.
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+ i& F9 C4 u4 ` d1 MNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife! G X4 d& l+ Z7 R8 q4 p! d
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 m) P' }% q: p+ k. C" t
9 |: l; i$ R/ ^( eAgain he gets no response.& t( d2 G, J" J4 P; q. D
2 x ^$ G+ K. T/ |2 ]7 Z7 c7 lSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
) L# T' e+ ^% {for dinner?" Again there is no response. a, z+ a7 A |1 l/ C. I
& k J* s r9 X- r0 P, W& {So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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. n% X! \! N: d8 o4 N. B"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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