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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 K9 G1 J/ A! ^' t( @
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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2 o+ I( l) ^, ^/ ?# O0 X8 v/ YHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,' D* U, }/ d4 n4 ^9 ?, G+ i
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,; |3 }1 ]: X) m( [8 n$ P3 C" |& L
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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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and- n% e( O! q5 l, [; O' f2 z4 P
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 H4 E% r/ h4 }# T8 h
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Still no response.
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4 w2 A; B' Q5 P( K: A4 XNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife$ d7 i0 ?" u- ?5 U# q- C" e! G
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! m# {2 W) i9 E
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Again he gets no response.' Q+ i; p# o7 r6 @) F8 f5 t
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's , A; N; |5 E/ S" i" r3 z* i
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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! f+ \. H$ @4 d9 L' F0 U% C2 @4 wSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)7 v" G! k: K" u5 J% J) `, y
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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