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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.2 \5 T7 _$ i4 ~8 u5 Q, v
. l1 h0 o2 J V% |8 U& I8 lThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could: M4 U7 \0 g- R1 e
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.8 W$ t& ^' K% W, y
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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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' F/ v1 p! I0 ^0 S4 |
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
% m' _- u( k, H! p' a& KThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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8 s* E+ F9 _# Q: ]So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
6 d8 \5 B$ s1 V- ^) Grepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.; s% s: F; l. c- \" \6 t( y
$ q, T# {( \" {' V5 l1 lNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife# T2 _% K4 F# X& ?0 X( M' f: z7 D
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 ` p! j! ~' i! ~ ?9 ?3 T
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ) @) ]9 ` X8 N/ Z0 H3 X
for dinner?" Again there is no response.1 X+ w x/ s8 h. o' N
0 U% i2 R1 f H7 X: ?So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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* \5 O- k, C9 l) O- J' v& Y1 N1 W(I just love this)0 q' G0 p2 u$ a, d
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! O) a- q6 {' y2 L"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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