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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
( T, p* w$ u% l" k# eshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called& d0 W k7 F4 j# q
the family doctor to discuss the problem.; N$ C+ _0 v6 I _. }
. G5 h. J' s. n: o/ }' X. T2 xThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could+ z- {" i& L$ U9 L2 H
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.$ @ k8 [- @, B9 t7 Z z
$ U3 t( |2 K& w: O1 I0 hHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
, m- c8 D2 U" c* T! e% F, Xand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
- r7 @( n. _. \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
5 [$ K( c0 d' p! k! Y+ Lden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."( u2 n. I0 v& j9 N
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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, g, ]5 {. K. Z. A- ONo response.
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2 N! Y4 T0 \, k3 mSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and# Z7 L# ~, x/ @4 ~
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"- g9 D$ `8 x$ F) t ]4 B" Y
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Still no response.
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& q% ?- D% ^' A+ w7 HNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife4 b) h: w' z1 V& l4 Y
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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. ?. O5 ?% W4 sAgain he gets no response.( G. q& m5 ]* f9 ]# L& s. I
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 7 E3 n/ W2 X- ~; b' K2 Z
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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) U- C' r6 `, u z2 KSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 Q9 ^, @' S; S+ O3 ~ y# ~
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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