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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.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could8 p, J- n+ c: G7 g& S. H$ P7 @
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,
* ^" o; J, o: ?1 x" r( qand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
& x/ @6 U% u7 _+ U0 h8 igo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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) Y+ T3 [$ c4 a- ~! XThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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_+ I7 J& b1 L; ^Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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- P# F5 V- T! T% s' ANo response." o' S3 L9 b* ~
7 N% x9 L" {* V+ h* P% {- Z( L7 zSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
* R& \' @: k2 s9 brepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?", }6 J! d- O. L0 n/ c: |
& z) s! s* T0 WStill no response.
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$ L) p6 q/ g1 ], o) Z! |# {* rNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife! [5 S9 g! m7 I* F6 l
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 f" V" E! p7 Z! v4 O# x& Y
# T6 B" k5 l4 F0 ]' e/ z: hAgain he gets no response.
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2 G7 i# l4 a! L7 C5 xSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ! c" a; V) y; i+ y6 A% K7 m
for dinner?" Again there is no response.! l q# ?8 `2 \" a1 Y" p* H
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 ^) `1 V- U- X( ?2 {(I just love this)- Q0 j1 z+ d7 {- V
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- P/ y! Z. @, t, K$ x6 n"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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