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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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7 q; n c+ H* kthe family doctor to discuss the problem.5 f7 j* b' u5 J, l* z
: X5 f# w. v' i% u% v2 l2 QThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could1 c! [ J. b" n6 M; {: H
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.; U! z7 b4 w3 F1 d- u0 x
" h J# E5 y$ n; K1 `) @1 q6 Q+ q5 QHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,. e5 m) A1 U6 e: G, o7 ?. Y& c
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
; `2 M0 i) @( |' k' sgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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5 X9 H. T: B. H& m# a! }Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"7 I, Z0 ^; R% C, t4 o
( r# N6 L% T' A) z7 TNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and5 w U# V: F$ p; t# h' E2 c
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* |% Q+ x: D( T, @0 \
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife: f) W# |9 {" `5 E; c3 V
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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% w5 {* h4 M* f+ W) ^" ^7 @Again he gets no response.
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# u: u# l* n/ S0 _0 C* cSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 5 y* J# q2 V) w% f+ p( H+ t& h
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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. y! a% {0 Z% k' c9 ASo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?", L& m% y5 y Y6 _' M0 h. }
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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