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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought$ E9 c& V9 j! ?
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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8 m( }& a6 ]4 s1 D1 lThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could, n% W# s. \7 x0 _1 h0 q( v$ |3 v
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,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.") @# x6 |6 {' t0 n# m. c5 e
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
$ K) u$ Q W# |, v1 Xden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
! j2 m2 J" G9 M0 g. I* t0 NThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"0 E1 v+ F( i6 Y! Y- v1 r
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No response.* c2 d# ?/ n$ ?" ~% L j# d
% j' `+ h. X$ A3 b' HSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and. E" R' ^5 x) B* B3 x0 x: K
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"( Y1 \9 O. [7 t1 ?" ~5 g
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Still no response.- u. M/ @3 X# O: W6 v
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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.! ^* P' m [9 {2 F# i! v( ]( `$ i: v
0 G. z% L7 y0 y; z: B+ zSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's * y0 b7 e% w: e, v$ }, a
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)' ~! Z$ x9 }) ?) C/ q+ i
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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