An elderly retired man became convinced his wife was going deaf.
He rang his doctor and asked to have his wife booked in for him to examine her, but the doctor said he was too busy at the moment. The doctor said that until he could examine her, it would be helpful if the elderly man performed a test that would help him and the doctor know just how deaf she was. The doctor told him to do this: "when you're about 40 feet from you wife speak to her about something, maybe ask a question, and see if she hears you. If not move to 30 feet from her and see what happens. If she doesn't answer move to 20 feet and so on until she does. How close you get to her will give us an idea how deaf she is."
That night, the man was sitting on the couch watching TV. His wife was in the kitchen making dinner. He remembered what the doctor asked him to do and he figured he was 40 feet from her, so he calls out: "Darling what's for dinner tonight?"
No answer.
He gets up and moves to about 30 feet from her and says: "Sweet-heart, I said what's for dinner?"
No answer
He moved 10 feet closer and says: "What are you cooking dear?"
No answer
He moves to 10 feet from her and in a clear voice asks: "Love, what are we having for dinner?"
No answer
So he goes right up behind her and asks again: "What's for dinner?"
His wife swings around with an very annoyed look on her face and yells at him "For the fifth time, I said chicken!"
He rang his doctor and asked to have his wife booked in for him to examine her, but the doctor said he was too busy at the moment. The doctor said that until he could examine her, it would be helpful if the elderly man performed a test that would help him and the doctor know just how deaf she was. The doctor told him to do this: "when you're about 40 feet from you wife speak to her about something, maybe ask a question, and see if she hears you. If not move to 30 feet from her and see what happens. If she doesn't answer move to 20 feet and so on until she does. How close you get to her will give us an idea how deaf she is."
That night, the man was sitting on the couch watching TV. His wife was in the kitchen making dinner. He remembered what the doctor asked him to do and he figured he was 40 feet from her, so he calls out: "Darling what's for dinner tonight?"
No answer.
He gets up and moves to about 30 feet from her and says: "Sweet-heart, I said what's for dinner?"
No answer
He moved 10 feet closer and says: "What are you cooking dear?"
No answer
He moves to 10 feet from her and in a clear voice asks: "Love, what are we having for dinner?"
No answer
So he goes right up behind her and asks again: "What's for dinner?"
His wife swings around with an very annoyed look on her face and yells at him "For the fifth time, I said chicken!"
