An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one day he called a doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks, and 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 400 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 response."
That evening, his wife was in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he's 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 supper?" No response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and repeated, "Honey, what's for supper?" Still no response.
Next, he moved to the dining room where he was about 20 feet from his wife and asked, "Honey, what's for supper?" Again he got no response.
So he walked up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away, "Honey, what's for supper?"Again there was still no response. Finally he walked right up behind her, "Honey, what's for supper?"
To his surprise, his wife responded angrily, " Damn it Josh, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!"
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