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 give the doctor 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?"
(I just love this)
"Lee, for the FIFTH time, CHICKEN!!"