The Space Between.
During my yearly physical, I told the doctor about a problem with my ears. If I switch ears when I’m calling someone on the telephone, the pitch of the ringing tone sounds higher in my left ear than in my right. My doctor said this is the way sound travels.
“When a car goes speeding past you,” he explained, “the pitch gets lower as the car moves further away. Simple physics.”
After jotting down some quick figures, my doctor calculated the distance between my left and right ears must be 67 yards. This would allow for the pitch differential.
I told him that can’t be correct since I can buy a hat off the rack without any special fees.
He said he wasn’t wrong and he pointed to a diploma from an expensive school and then to his lunch. I took my urine sample and left to find another doctor, but my head wouldn’t fit through the door. The doctor laughed while he ate his sandwich. It’s a good thing I only need to go through this kind of embarrassment once a year.
