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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought- A; t% g/ u: W' B3 P0 g
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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3 R9 S, h# Z8 v3 i4 @The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could& ?" n" y9 G2 O# ?: P
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,4 e5 r* i9 d$ `# p' }# Z1 K/ }
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 the& P! N7 ?2 y4 @8 R& I+ m0 n6 R' c
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
U# h. w; K8 |- c. [Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"! c9 E' P9 a: [; B0 r
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No response.) e! ~- ?5 I# t @5 D6 h
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and3 T) S2 S: N/ f
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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" s3 h9 U1 {2 o C/ TStill no response.
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$ b7 D" [2 Q D* vNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.- N! U9 b4 m- l' R5 K8 c
9 M3 U8 j- z; M4 q( e% O4 y$ O: |So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's : Z* G! N5 e+ ^
for dinner?" Again there is no response.# i# @$ `, Q) B" F) c9 z
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"; W6 H* F/ F9 w8 S) S
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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