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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 could9 }* Y4 y% T+ V' J! S
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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& U- H% }2 j: g: H8 |Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,8 ?4 V4 H( K# R# K, j$ I: q
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,9 }: t4 w: r' Q. v4 M2 A
go 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- A4 q1 d& _ J* M# `5 Z8 B/ h' G
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."& h$ f8 g" m$ Q, J8 F. c0 J
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response." \8 b: m0 I7 A% c! W3 g7 N' z8 D
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
, {3 |2 D& t$ u6 orepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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b! S$ x, n+ l" NStill no response.# x- O. @ V6 E8 G( z+ R: U' ]
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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.! E% S* w, g/ _7 X ^7 o
# |) Z, L% C& R0 nSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
6 o! j( n: D m; J( Rfor dinner?" Again there is no response.- S, Z/ W/ t; v: B0 f
- h! D* C1 q4 f+ V- y& SSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)& D# c/ \' z5 }! j
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1 t8 M; C8 ~+ B6 w' k( M"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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