A man lost both his ears in a very serious automobile accident but as a result received a large insurance settlement.
After some period of time he realized that he needed an assistant to help him manage his money.
He decided to interview several candidates.
The first candidate was very impressive and answered all the questions satisfactorily.
The interviewer then posed one final questions, “Do you notice anything unusual about me?”
“Well, yes,” the candidate replied. “You don’t have any ears.”
The interviewer was outraged as he was very sensitive about his lack of ears and dismissed the candidate.
The second candidate was a very attractive woman who also answered all the questions satisfactorily. Again the interviewer posed one final question, “Do you notice anything unusual about me?”
“Well, yes,” the woman replied. “You don’t have any ears.” The angry interviewer dismissed her immediately.
The third and final candidate was shown in. He too, answered all questions correctly.
Finally the interviewer asked him, “Do you notice anything unusual about me?”
The candidate replied, “I notice you’re wearing contact lenses.” The interviewer was delighted.
“How insightful. How did you happen to notice I was wearing contacts?”
“Well, you couldn’t be wearing glasses, you don’t have any ears.”
An elderly man feared his wife was getting hard of hearing.
So he called her doctor to make an appointment to check her hearing.
The doctor said he could see her in two weeks, but suggested a simple, informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the dimensions of the problem.
“Here’s what you do. Start about 40 feet away from her, speak normally, and see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
So that evening she’s in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he’s in the living room, and he says to himself, “I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens when I talk to her.”
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
He calls. No response. So he moves to the other end of the room, about 30 feet away.
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
No response. So he moves into the dining room, about 20 feet away. He starts shouting.
“HONEY, what’s for dinner?”
No response. On to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away.
“HONEY, what’s for DINNER??”.
No response. So he walks right up behind her and screams:
“HONEY, WHAT’S FOR DINNER??!?!”
His wife turns to him in a rage and screams.
