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Hi..wanted to share this short story that i came upon..good read
A man feared his wife 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 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 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.” Honey, what’s for dinner?” ”James, for the
FIFTH time I’ve said, CHICKEN!”

Sometimes, the problem may not be with the other one as we always think,
could be, very much within us..!
Lets look within ourselves before we find fault with others..

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  1. Dil Kannur says

    good one . really enjoyed it.

  2. Moe M says

    Uh oh - that sounds like me -

    good one - had a wonderful chuckcle especially if I have the same problem as he has. Take care:)))))))))))))))))

  3. Vineesh Krishnan says

    What a way to put something like that across!!!

  4. Srinivasan R says

    C”mon Shyma, you can do better than this! Blogs let you write your thoughts in your words. That’’s important. I”m not saying the story wasn”t interesting, or that the point was not worth making - it was. But I”d like to see the realShyma stand up-metaphorcally speaking!

  5. Suresh Nellikode says

    That was indeed good!

    cheers!

    =Suresh