OT - What's for supper? (beverage warnings apply)

An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So
one day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing
checked. The doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks, and
meanwhile, he said, there's a simple informal test the husband could do to
give the doctor some idea of the state of her problem.

"Here's what you do," said the doctor, "start out 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's in the
living room. 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 supper?" No
response. So the husband moves to the other end of the room, about 30 feet
from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for supper?" 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 supper?" Again he gets no response so he walks
up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for supper?" Again
there is no response, so he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for
supper?"

"Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!"

Someone else just posted that one recently.....it's a good one...thanks
Kathy!

Lorraine

"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message
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An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So
one day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing
checked. The doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks,
and
meanwhile, he said, there's a simple informal test the husband could do to
give the doctor some idea of the state of her problem.

"Here's what you do," said the doctor, "start out 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's in the
living room. 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 supper?" No
response. So the husband moves to the other end of the room, about 30 feet
from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for supper?" 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 supper?" Again he gets no response so he
walks
up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for supper?"
Again
there is no response, so he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for
supper?"

"Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!"