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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought; E* i+ K" s( }# [' F1 c
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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3 o0 a" C! M/ p0 H0 ~The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 W5 @3 O( q* M5 v3 I/ S! u
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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5 m" z% t& r4 F1 ^( YHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
# n9 I: e* ~* \* |% k D ?and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the3 l2 t: k) ]4 B3 c. w# S$ K
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."/ W& r" ]4 V8 H$ {: O( ~
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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7 S0 Z: y6 l! d4 n2 F8 ~- qSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
& D2 S6 Y& o3 z0 M$ K/ Trepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! a2 N: D7 v/ ?0 F7 n6 l% `
/ o$ E" R- g6 o. _: d* iStill no response.
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+ |" }- C/ F/ g: E; f# HNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife* D- Z- Y- k2 {8 S
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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4 x7 `; Q1 O, Y! QAgain he gets no response.4 _/ D4 j% ]0 a- @
F+ K# R2 F! `7 r5 b* PSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's " x" O! A N& s$ o) |* ]( }
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)( n7 ?! ?2 v9 t3 C* v9 }) c0 G& l
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4 r1 H7 ?$ L/ ~6 U"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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