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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought" l. z) }" o" C# W6 o6 j
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called( J% L! c6 Q& n- J
the family doctor to discuss the problem.+ ~! A" H: K: c2 v, C# O
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could8 R* \, |7 I! P |
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
' w) e& l& h( d8 H! F. U* Jand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
1 W. L# K# v( l! jden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
6 B7 s$ b( S& y! F' O6 g Z+ ]Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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4 y1 t' Q2 v+ q# |; M `6 ?2 \No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
" |# o1 t3 e- }" N3 {repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife) R* {! {; F+ |, {, W. ?9 x" U
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.( Z) g3 Q1 T2 |) O/ e! p
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's % l- u0 Z ?. A2 w$ M1 q! r
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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) \) W4 Y' f/ f+ BSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 R, B5 m! F7 ]/ p7 f d(I just love this)
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, ^# g' [. J& G2 a6 I# ~"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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