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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought, }% [3 ~8 p, Z9 S) S" N
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called% s7 h- n1 c( a m+ k# o
the family doctor to discuss the problem.5 M7 B3 W7 L' L! H$ Y: h+ n7 D
3 e3 h- }1 F* y: E4 ~The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could& l# ^, u6 u k7 v* A n. g
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss./ c5 @# Q% C- z" I* L' F T
6 x! `/ D& ^- Z9 G+ D/ J' ^Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,* Y- o7 i" L+ V0 B# U v
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,( o8 j0 _2 w1 r9 B
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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# G) c' b. ~5 Q) {0 JThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the9 t/ c! A% k" M4 v) J3 L* j% M
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
' o! U3 h+ }6 l) a' ZThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"' [" R) \; Y- M( |
1 u" G% f A% A8 ?; r# V" ~! \No response.
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9 @4 l9 ~$ w) ^, SSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
8 m$ x2 Y8 |# A6 prepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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/ S% X9 y% a' CStill no response.1 Y) r8 b4 _5 Z1 v
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife( l7 x- k" ]" }
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 u& u. T0 H: t+ V7 X2 B: ]
9 E M; H+ ~' mAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
% z1 h: ?& i$ Rfor 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)
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4 B3 O% g/ c: J"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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