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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought0 X' B) L, g. X% G, h6 ]
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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0 E# o9 P8 m# {% q$ | gThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 P4 r9 y% t" R7 ~ {4 @5 G& G
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,+ i; E" v9 X# f
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,( r! C g( _! r) o
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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- `! b& G7 z- E5 M* FThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the( Y* w: `6 I/ T) _! G! p4 F
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."0 P9 W. R/ Z& T* w) ]
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response. f6 E K9 `( f$ N9 m; R
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Still no response.' ?+ b t$ e$ l5 ]/ w! M
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife% x; u- U) X7 d# x u' |
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% E% Y6 g4 b* G; ~4 P' ]3 s
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" T, S% @/ A" ?* U" H+ a( C4 b2 HSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's " J, O) Q: u3 |
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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2 F1 [% l/ z/ L* B) i( U% t% ySo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"# E z2 v! ^9 A* H; t
+ e& Z: h- q7 w* l6 n" a- v(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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