“Doc, I think my wife is going deaf,” a man says to the family doctor.
“Well, here’s something you can try on her to test her hearing,” the doctor responds. Ask her a query while standing some distance away. If she doesn’t respond, move closer and inquire again. Repeat this until she responds. Then you’ll be able to tell just how hard of hearing she really is.”
The man goes home and tries it out.
He walks in the door and says, “Honey, what’s for dinner?”
He doesn’t hear an answer, so he moves closer to her.
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Still no answer.
He repeats this several times, until he’s standing just a few feet away from her.
Finally, she answers,
“For the eleventh time, I said we’re having MEATLOAF!”
