A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she
used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to
approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem.
The Doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
perform to get a better idea about her hearing loss.
Here's what you do," said the Doctor, "stand about
40 feet away from her 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 in
the den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet
away, let's see what happens." Then in a normal tone he asks, "Honey,
what's for dinner?"
No response.
So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30
feet from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?" Still no
response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about
20 feet from his wife and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
Again he gets no response. So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet
away. "Honey, what's for dinner?" Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for
dinner?"
"RALPH, FOR THE FIFTH DAMN TIME, WE'RE HAVING CHICKEN!"
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