Hearing Test: An interesting story

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 was 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 relaxed 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 was in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the living room. He said to himself, “I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.” Then in a normal tone he asked, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" NO RESPONSE.

So the husband moved closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeated, “Honey, what's for dinner?” Still, NO RESPONSE.

Next he moved into the dining room where he was about 20 feet from his wife and asked, “Honey what's for dinner?” Again, he got NO RESPONSE.

So, he walked up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for dinner?" Again, there was NO RESPONSE.

So he walked right up behind her and said, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

She turned around, looked into the eyes of her husband and shouted "My dear husband, for the FIFTH time I've said, CHICKEN RICE!"

Moral of the story:

• The problem may not be with the other person as we always think, could be very much within us..!