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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.% z- F5 [# P- X _6 s" Z" o! i$ l
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could8 {9 f/ T! N F; N7 c- }
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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[. F5 ~! k8 E% M4 S- I: qHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,# b) M$ X, u$ }$ r+ K; z
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,9 i- i! h" A6 y( R- u2 u. w( ]
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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8 {1 J. R# M) n- r" H( l' Q" L* OThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"! ]3 V7 L9 F: t2 o$ ]( j
- ~% O. }( y8 d& o7 VNo response.* U' V* n7 k5 I3 Z; D1 y) j
& K n# z j% _! a$ PSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and5 W k0 F0 V: x0 I$ l9 h$ y
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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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.% B4 t& w( U! N6 P9 J& E- D
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ( a9 x- {4 A& E; m0 S' Q7 z
for dinner?" Again there is no response.' p9 e5 A: J, @8 a
% G. f" T' b3 Z7 N' L3 G# _So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)) J( T; N2 ` o* j" T9 r- U% n
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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