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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
4 h: J e4 a/ h6 Aperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.. s0 B* t, B! W
7 v7 ?% c2 ?$ l4 a$ oHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
$ W/ T7 e. j6 `3 ~& S8 @- l& Sand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,, N3 D9 I, R. @8 ^" {3 C
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"4 k, u/ J% _ b9 Y
3 J7 o, G, g/ ?+ w, fNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 j/ Z. p- [7 c- v/ mrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.* B4 K( K; D. Y3 }, x8 P
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife0 H# X+ X U( O3 T6 \( u
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 g# [/ n! O% |" H
# R$ s; j' i# z; U4 R9 s0 ^Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
: i9 w7 C' T) \- q, R! I* V1 Ufor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this). F* W4 a! j" o* a% P: ]
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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