A Tip Perhaps Just for You

If you have trouble hearing the television, upping the volume to the discomfort of others, here is a listening device for you free of charge. Get comfortable in your recliner with your feet up; lean back a bit; clasp your hands behind your neck with your elbows pointing toward the ceiling; be sure your wrist areas are behind your ears. Your arms act like a wing chair, only better, driving the sound into your ears. Find the perfect position for your head and you can hold it for a fifteen-minute segment easily. Rest your arms when the screen shows something you don’t want to see, such as commercials you’ve seen 114 times already. In a public place—if you want to eavesdrop—placing one hand behind your neck in such fashion for a brief period of time might work. Eavesdropping is allowed only to writers, of course. And to spies on the right side. Happy listening!