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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
: J3 Y! R' t0 [$ C9 m( q, o9 \she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
& L, Y/ {% @# S) {+ S: othe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 R% L* A# p/ y) J
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.+ Q% c/ t, [! E% ~
/ R) z" ^4 Q* d e' Z$ z/ q3 g# OHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,& c( i. a! i% g8 y3 s0 D
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,* s/ W. u1 w- e8 @" m2 `9 E o( ]
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
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0 j; [2 V0 U: @7 f' IThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"' ^9 Z# ~( F. x3 n: V3 l6 s' y
) m( _5 E+ _6 c6 X& c+ xNo response.
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/ K8 C6 F" u5 [# p. n. n ^& USo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
4 A2 T5 s& b; |! vrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% v: v/ D7 |3 \2 x8 A( a" R% i
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Still no response.
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( G" W+ Q3 [! U9 H8 ~7 rNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife$ y6 p* \( s7 Q3 a4 o
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?") ~1 [. [% \7 t# q, i
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's , ~/ G$ n3 M* F: K$ |, w
for dinner?" Again there is no response.. a3 c- } E! Q6 M1 l
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 l/ ~% i. W0 j1 O
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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