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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought' \7 D" C6 Q) a# E, e6 L
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called3 l) u, Y2 n' v. |% Y, c
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could6 O3 O3 t" Z6 |! X# q& h
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. w% o1 B, L5 ~% j) o/ \
1 V0 {0 k* g- I3 Y, r" |9 PHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,) ?* [' g+ B3 V+ t* Z0 H' Q
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
! x) {. N# d7 f/ k7 Y& O, H Rgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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# X6 Z7 h$ ~5 @9 mThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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0 c+ J. `' N4 d- xThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"! B4 |$ S+ R" ^2 y3 o; Q
. j5 Y8 W; S8 H; \0 kNo response.
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# C; ] r' J7 a, b* u2 j& }So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and J- _* ~$ C" p7 V: \( l4 ^
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 t; T1 D5 x) u3 _8 c+ U# r
' K; j: @* S8 s$ B# J0 |' w, zStill no response.
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3 I J, s, \! r* m! W( b% wNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
: a; ]4 {, U7 M6 Rand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?") h5 q; }% R- T0 {' h8 ]1 R
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
: F7 R8 e! L; r+ F: q8 Efor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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S7 E9 b/ M I$ {+ uSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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* F; J, y0 p: R4 W9 X(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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