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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought+ Z4 j1 e) w1 ^) b( k% H
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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3 Y2 g8 ?2 ?: B: d2 }The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 n1 |7 \6 i' `
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.$ v/ Z; n- D' I" E. _) e
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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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) ~: G2 k# Q+ Q, VThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
: d- P( J; Z& b( G M$ c* @, kden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
7 L. s* J1 m9 F) v' ^# N4 B. HThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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% ?0 g3 z7 } s LNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
6 M2 z. V. e2 R8 B6 G# Lrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 e& q- y3 |8 K! R
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife' e" i$ x. B+ V" h) y& z
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 a7 i' n/ ~8 T: n
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Again he gets no response.9 @/ N# @/ o9 Q8 k3 {4 Y- x! f# n
2 I G5 Z5 z# F( H* N( `2 M4 vSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
& F& w* ?/ b6 i0 Ofor dinner?" Again there is no response.- E, |/ u+ E& O/ N% R
8 _6 ]5 ?. k4 Q; j1 m1 }So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?". H( k7 e) c% P3 f
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(I just love this)! M9 O% ]. G" ^6 I
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: m( Z; y) i* y- L+ R8 v"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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