Tom feared his wife Peg 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 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. Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey,
what's for dinner?'

No response..

So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from
his wife and repeats, 'Peg, 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 he gets 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. 'Peg, what's for dinner?'



'For God’s sake, TOM, for the FIFTH time, CHICKEN!'

I resemble that remark!

Well that got a laugh from the war dept.

Now that's funny.