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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
! Y0 S* a& |- a8 @$ ?3 j O5 Fshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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( g, ?( g! H' P' e2 r8 VThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
+ i, T" X. F% hperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.7 G" V( @3 J' c3 I4 Q7 d
4 M0 @1 Z1 `2 q$ v' t) q: o) NHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,! G/ r" x' ^% _% X2 Y3 R. n1 ^9 I6 i
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the* p! x0 h0 E. ]) q) t% o' S
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
8 O) i9 s7 ?, U9 m4 A3 m5 qThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.6 n R, b/ v/ s9 v) F
) [& E8 r; u3 O0 m- i7 D( b+ B# jSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
( v8 x" X: @0 g: k, ]& C& krepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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; y" E6 m0 v. U7 T( YStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife1 C7 q* g4 c* D
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?") |1 `, Q7 O5 S1 C4 M
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Again he gets no response.% Z" S* a. \$ y! D1 }5 F
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - z# h& Q8 d* {0 X- Y
for dinner?" Again there is no response.3 d. `/ r c2 y) w
' @ J# H' H' \* h# D: w' sSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)8 V A: A! [8 C$ o1 U
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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