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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought, Y3 Q4 [0 F' W8 v7 s
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called7 ]- f" v2 o l" \7 W7 t3 l& B& U
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could' h0 g' i" X# U
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.$ V9 ~0 C- s4 G! E g$ {2 [" Q
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,$ B9 @! h2 U, G; G
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,! l8 ]1 o) l6 o& S/ y# {6 s8 o9 U
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."$ b/ G- p! _ |! P; ]9 X: n
7 n q' T" y8 G. R q2 sThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the8 `0 Z) R7 b- T& d v3 F( {# I
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."8 {" D% J1 [2 k5 Q' p8 s0 f
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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4 M) M) d. f5 u/ _( zNo response.9 e4 Z$ }' F- @1 b
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and. e( L4 S2 e7 ?- ?
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 x" u% @7 M$ a+ v+ A V- o
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.8 c; G# U# N7 K0 l' k5 ]. w
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - B# v: q' M5 T- e; U6 [. p/ Y. w
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?", u7 d, J& c" _4 }. }$ p
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(I just love this)
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; x$ g- `3 ]/ W& w; g8 D) k"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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