"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 is 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?”
The wife says, “For the FIFTH time I've
said, CHICKEN!"
Moral of the Story: "The problem may not
be with the other person as we may think,
instead it could be with us."
