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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.% R- h t6 h9 g
; \. k7 ~# ~6 t: PThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
$ m" @2 c& Q! H# aperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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; S) ?9 G3 K8 b# ~2 S! jHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,/ R' \3 K7 Z" d; j/ `
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,- o* R" z! }4 C% e- ~$ L
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."6 I# n* |1 y4 G
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
6 \" F, \1 j4 qden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."+ ~8 I" B. k1 m! P. W& E2 f& _
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"7 z: n0 a y* I7 n2 \
1 O8 X ^/ J$ ?/ ]1 P+ MNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
6 c9 a0 a- V+ ?: q9 m! Qrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' L4 w" y6 ^" P1 P* h
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Still no response.
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$ H/ c. u+ x* @; D4 PNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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4 t$ J. ?, U! B, A- |8 R9 s% rSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"; T+ B1 {" L1 S) \( P. ~* L& O& s
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(I just love this)3 R2 j9 [* f# H$ V
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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