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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought* H" l' r3 J ^: l1 q: ~( F
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called" v: F9 G/ Y# m+ m
the family doctor to discuss the problem.% |4 `: c3 z1 e j% A. D
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could5 {' F _$ ?# t* N& d
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.3 w$ L6 c: K1 g' Q" ~: t; m
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,+ v3 A( u0 `% Y1 G/ w3 i
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
5 Y) l3 t1 Y. V6 V. f; W% igo 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
7 L q3 F' a/ P- @den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
) l! J, D. O) u% Q0 CThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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. q' `. Y6 F- s# J+ L5 eNo response.
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, C0 o! a8 i" O2 V0 fSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
. H: n, p# K$ i) [repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ G' w9 k- S/ v3 E5 m( z% _
; q4 r& F2 R Z) e% u. ?2 R! z2 gStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.+ @' D( C: k: D4 P$ N2 ~7 _5 ]
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's / P1 y% g" F" V; m& a
for dinner?" Again there is no response.( X& `; m/ [' {/ ^
/ C8 G1 g' H$ F! ~( q4 A( ]6 k9 uSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)$ \) h5 Y& f0 p# G1 O# g
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' Z( \0 z# V. k. w"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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