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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 could
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,6 s+ ]2 ]+ H) e. W0 l
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,( Y* n( \$ @& n& x6 I6 c# V3 C- H
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% h f; J6 @. _9 Z' l0 q4 H
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."& F& b1 N2 x; m# }4 \; L+ k
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.8 [/ f' \, J/ s6 W. \* z, Z
; a3 }6 n3 \ JSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and# g( S1 Z, ^# T
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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& G f, w; R6 E5 {& SStill no response.( \% X9 A H/ L1 t( o. f9 s1 H4 S
$ o4 R1 x G4 r* X# u% g0 xNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife/ i! @2 ?# F$ u( R, z
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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& D8 y* u; {( G* tAgain he gets no response.) a0 P6 f& n) R; m) i
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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* M! _$ w! a6 u* k5 D: KSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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o2 G/ r- q* V: `2 e5 Y"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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