Kev feared his wife Peg wasn't hearing as well as she used to, and thought she may need a hearing aid.

Not quite sure how he should approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss her 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 problems.

"Here's what you do,' said the Doctor, stand about 4o feet away from her, and in 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. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, I'll see what happens.

Then in 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 dearest, what's for dinner?"

No response.....

Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and again asks, "Honey what's for dinner?"

No response......

So he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey what's for dinner?"

Again, no response....

So he walks right up behind her, "Peg, what's for dinner?"

"For F*-#*'s sake!......FOR THE FIFTH TIME,... CHICKEN!!"

Hoo Roo.....there you go Gals,....I'm an equal opportunity jokster...!....