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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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7 O& L( [2 B2 x2 i8 U7 z/ Qthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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( A+ U6 m' q! F: g. WThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
" r5 @ d" a: Q2 Jperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. D, r& r! H* M. Q' d
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
* I( ?3 [5 Z2 s# C3 Oand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
/ M+ d2 n+ t: z: k6 tgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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7 c$ S5 W, Y% ~" E! MThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the5 G- o" T/ [) j
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."3 L3 v7 R( b8 D6 H8 o. V: k
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 B7 N3 r3 J" v3 q" y/ U7 hNo response.2 u* {* Q5 D2 V
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and6 |) Z4 s: F! h0 H. f
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* M f& n9 c3 {4 j8 P) Z& A1 R9 G, H
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Still no response.
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h3 ~% v; l4 J5 K5 Z8 r) tNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
( J* ~- W* U; O6 t7 hand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"" i- Z4 B5 c8 U/ F; B7 {- {0 g( O' i
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Again he gets no response.
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. ^% V9 d8 {5 pSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's % d( z; e) S& @( [
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"; Y/ P7 ]2 p2 Z/ y0 J9 ]; ~4 z
$ e# v% S/ K/ ~# c# W(I just love this)
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# W: @1 o T. Y" x. H8 H"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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