Hard of Hearing

An older gentleman feared his wife was loosing her 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 said that meanwhile 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 thinks to himself that he is about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens.

In a normal tone he asks, "Honey, what’s for supper?"

No response.

So the husband moved 30 feet from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what’s for supper?"

Still no response.

Next he moves about 20 feet, and 10 feet from his wife and asks… "Honey, what’s for supper?"

Again he gets no response.

Finally, he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what’s for supper?"

“DANG IT! For the fifth time, CHICKEN"