A man feared his wife was not hearing as well as she used to, and hethought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approachher, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem.
The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband couldperform to give the doctor a better idea about her hearing loss."Here's what you do," said the doctor. "Stand about 40 feet away fromher and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you.If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was inthe den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away. Let's see whathappens."
In a normal tone he asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?" No response.
So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from hiswife, and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?" Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from hiswife and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?" Again, no response.
So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what'sfor dinner?" Again, there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
And his wife replied, "Earl, for the 5th time, CHICKEN!"
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