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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought8 y6 A8 E% D4 U0 C: O
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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! \3 G1 W: w OThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
* q" V/ Z7 u2 z" rand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
) g' O+ ^8 L' @$ D! Ugo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."2 U2 V3 `6 K) k" D7 Q
5 I0 ?1 S0 A+ i6 Z( H1 h# AThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the( B d- G8 l b: L
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."% B' B$ S q: q! `
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"! u+ C% c2 r* v3 }! ?$ C) r- ?
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ E+ P1 B' E8 B9 ^
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"& e: ^. U2 \2 r% T
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Still no response.
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9 E/ T" s" d, A+ v3 d, pNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
- F. P- {0 L: S9 A/ Dand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?": E0 J* i( }: P* k# |! ?+ @
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Again he gets no response.- h8 ?$ \/ g! T. e5 m) s- N9 ]
! r) m: {. ~# {. Z& c: YSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
) M2 S3 F# q3 Dfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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5 t" m3 R* O' J: f0 k C. O# W |So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)8 I, L k6 o6 o: R- P" r# P3 ~
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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