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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 could8 G( b! B/ p1 Y3 u" S
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here'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."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the, x+ G& B4 D. E- B
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."; P$ u X, k! @( U
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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' M2 N% z& _3 WNo response.6 j" f X5 B& S1 h, @# ` A
( t: a Y2 \) s2 E gSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and# T8 d& S' F `4 M% X( T& M9 @
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife+ Q! |& i" X) I- ^
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' s8 X8 K/ s8 Y) X9 Z5 X2 D! a! E
" c M' K, m" K7 S2 t+ S9 c0 CAgain he gets no response.
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3 [ Y, u8 J T$ TSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 1 T1 b+ c* q* w( N
for dinner?" Again there is no response.% E' [5 `) v% H# i3 i+ G$ p
$ B' j/ p! K+ O! @So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)- k! h9 J+ F6 Y. Q: U$ T1 A
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7 t( B" F: ?9 b8 N; V"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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