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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.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could- n: K0 x, `/ u& \; y
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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' e3 d* V" R) C o: bHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
8 d- f3 Z4 R% h" S" O6 Gand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
9 B: {2 v1 u4 h5 \go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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- Y% w% R/ j* J0 Q F( }5 k* eThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the& @) b+ Y* [/ @' }+ D7 T
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."* K+ W% v# K' e) h& b2 r5 @
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"' G( A$ ]/ U9 S$ p1 Z
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No response.' T4 @. w8 H9 i# K* W
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and( e0 [2 s: p# f9 p% k5 F
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) i7 H. A/ h8 G5 ?2 J% EStill no response.: K" X" L8 u. m6 e
! ]' c6 b$ c. j6 I9 INext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife( {0 b/ x' a# O8 J
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) p; C+ n4 b; d4 yAgain he gets no response.
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4 Q& Y. b" `/ C6 _So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 2 [7 c* R2 Z( y' `. E6 e- o
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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