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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
; Z0 |' b q$ M+ r7 yshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called/ i" O: Q6 i2 {
the family doctor to discuss the problem.( ?& z# ^6 q$ t: ^
% ^* d' D$ _2 U. o2 c0 _% `# {The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could! G( {6 |/ X& H3 k
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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/ t- G- I5 ^3 h' {( h2 K6 |0 GHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."$ x$ P' a! M+ u% |( [1 V* Y
5 a& d$ u" G( {That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the7 R# z# Q0 B6 l' }% |# Z
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.": t/ t* o) g: g% z( q
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"- s! H0 z; e, z
/ t' J9 K$ o+ q; J& d6 kNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and5 ]1 w' f4 g0 q6 Z$ j
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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V8 W" v- v4 ?9 {. D, `5 [0 TNext 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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- ^$ i. ^- J+ NSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's Y6 k) ^, p6 w# i9 _& h# ]/ l
for dinner?" Again there is no response.3 c8 g# T4 S( x3 j: o
: [( x1 Q* z# iSo 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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