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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 family doctor to discuss the problem.' s) x4 w. }; }4 {
z- @0 \' y( s SThe 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,$ X' _+ P* O. m6 h
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,- y8 f, b' ]' h
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.". W8 ]3 E$ ~9 G6 y/ Y9 ~, f
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the5 `3 J8 ?. w5 P0 U4 N! ?
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
# c( \3 Q6 h7 T- u2 ^0 hThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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p% N: D# G. GNo response.9 ~. g- z, a* n& U$ `, \
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Still no response.
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; M# w- o2 t. r4 I: I% d' RNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.: w$ p( _7 F/ D5 N/ H: i
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
& u, b; z/ z. efor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?") D- h. X; H% ]+ F. w. B" w! F( x- C
, @3 I/ I2 i+ w6 B p6 x(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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