Hard of Hearing
(My brother, Sam, shared this funny little story with me. . .)
A man feared his wife was not 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 is 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 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 was in the den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away. Let's see what happens."
In a normal tone he asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
No response.
So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife, and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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 dinner?"
Again, no response.
So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
Again, there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
"Sam, for the 5th time, CHICKEN!"
A man feared his wife was not 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 is 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 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 was in the den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away. Let's see what happens."
In a normal tone he asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
No response.
So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife, and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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 dinner?"
Again, no response.
So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
Again, there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
"Sam, for the 5th time, CHICKEN!"
Mark,
ReplyDeleteI smiled again as I reread this humorous, but true to life story. Our daughter-in-law, Chandra, first sent it to us. This actually happens at our home more frequently than we would like to admit. And, I would never fix chicken since Sam hates it. Another touch of humor by Chandra.
Sometimes laughter is the best medicine!
Nice story Mark. My wife thinks it is great! Of course she and I both know that I am the one who is hard of hearing in our relationship, but I have better than 20/20 vision and she needs glasses so I guess we complete each other!
ReplyDeleteThis story sounds very similar to what we do to God sometimes in our prayers, huh? Thanks for sharing it.
David Sheffield
Hi Pastor Mark, this is the last of my blog analysis to complete my Evangelism class. #5. Love it so much though i will pop in now and then to comment.
ReplyDeleteI love this story because my husband and i are caught up in this. He says he can't hear me beacuse of my voice and i tell him he is hard of hearing. He agrees yet not much is done. O well! i have my wrinkles so i will love him anyway. I think this is us with God so often. He is talking all the time and we just do not hear and we blame him for the problem. We need to have Him open our spiritual eyes and ears so that we can hear all the loving words He is imparting to us all the time. As with someone we love we need to spend more time (and this includes me) with Him so we know His voice above all others. Blessings on you and your family for Christmas. Looking forward to seeing you at the Gathering 2007. Would like to take your seminar. So glad to hear that your wife is all better. God is good all the time. Everyone here loved all the "peaches and shears" adventures that we had. It really boosted their faith. Love in Christ always.