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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought6 g0 i3 J5 D/ P- W- a
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
( ?+ l: O2 q @3 rthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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) ~1 Q! `& U- _* S9 [The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could& X8 q: O4 X3 m: G7 k- `3 F
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,0 L2 n- ?% Y0 N$ L& f+ n+ X) D h4 `& F
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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* v5 _" M9 G- [/ [" o" hThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
# w; L0 y/ ^( {den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.". ~6 o2 ^$ j o7 u& Y
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 ^5 W7 h: i& v6 j' {; a6 rNo response.
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7 I g' e$ @$ I/ `' ^So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ s3 x& |! m' j5 I
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 a9 B1 m0 K& b9 z( o1 S
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Still no response.% D" P1 Y, L7 c0 J4 ]
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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& e% B0 [9 v" I, {Again he gets no response.
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5 z. c# c0 N# k( k- l% E' nSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 3 }7 W' N. R: K) M; a( m
for dinner?" Again there is no response.' ^! M$ x( ^" G: O [; `# r) Z9 h r$ t
2 J. U5 a0 _1 Z" H8 [ CSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 h' c! b: g; V9 R* _& H- |2 `
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(I just love this)
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& K* M! ~( \4 r+ ?4 L* ]7 u" V"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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