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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 doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could5 x Q J# p9 L" b8 g. N7 u0 J/ U. O
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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) |+ z, x4 b B5 A5 }/ f. uHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,5 i, ^. l) L0 z. J* p
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 the6 n! c/ l0 c4 c9 S2 b; ~
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."8 Z% ~/ p. X3 }+ v& {6 M% \$ k
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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+ F! ^ b6 a" QSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and8 I W8 }% p% A. Q/ |
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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2 ~/ _2 L+ K; q% N% ]( sStill no response.& k+ z1 L+ a2 `6 ^- |" J8 T9 Q$ I% {' P
0 \ d7 D( B8 v! E- f8 ?$ i5 kNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife3 h2 i6 ^+ B! m! Y e( a
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) N8 S; K* M' ~$ b4 ZAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 5 b& q# F$ c0 b4 [. O) A7 q
for dinner?" Again there is no response.' N2 k6 R p- i& Z
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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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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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