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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought. e( V) F% d9 n* b
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called$ x2 e0 h# c" g
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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0 {$ C: }* }. Z4 L- K/ AThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could, Y* o% r3 M( S9 e0 T0 b" L
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.. }1 e9 o$ J+ Z1 L' b* o5 O# A1 v* x
2 _" e: \: w+ W0 ]5 ` zHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her," x6 O5 k8 D2 Y0 R: s) @
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
+ k" Q% U7 ^) wgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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/ m6 w& [0 v; f; fThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the& N: _8 t' f( m L. p! i: {
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."* {7 N+ h/ x# Q% N
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 W& H2 w$ H; G: cNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
6 r) [. r# |! p8 n) C! A$ Q# drepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 R @) ]! G' g7 q
" T3 V) x3 ~5 D2 @7 W) G! g/ PStill no response.% @; P' B1 u4 f2 j
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife1 _- x# S. h3 u" _* O# i4 u( w, Q
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.) N1 a9 z6 H% [
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
/ U, |" s8 t+ j4 Jfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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4 f; Z, M* p' ?1 mSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 Z% A* W" ]% i) F. E+ i, p) _2 o8 K(I just love this), f# Y V# |8 ~1 D4 g$ \
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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