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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.: K% Q4 i) @/ Z- v1 ~- Q
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could' x6 U, j; B6 \. \
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,
# x4 L" P4 q# P6 ]& u" x ?and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,' ~1 f; |( p2 z% R2 h
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."; h' G9 I+ w% Z( J% `
, L4 A1 l8 O. vThat 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?"
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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
# }$ o s, ^" ?' yrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ y# ] L' I0 ?* \ R: {
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Still no response.
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9 B1 i! ?$ \& I# jNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife7 r1 V/ N! D! U. G$ S
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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' l c! J. i9 D7 vAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
$ @8 A5 H: c; {, \, l! b& }for 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)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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