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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought+ q% H1 A! A) c
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,1 Z. y [& e3 V% q* S' @, l, g% A ^! q
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
2 ^5 ]7 Q0 y4 e9 L% m4 A. ?9 bgo 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
$ {- J9 [' c1 w5 ?den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."2 P7 u: G D! {/ y& `
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"5 P2 h" G& m- m7 Y3 P8 G t( V
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and. t1 I8 V9 Y- C% z9 Z- i( U1 u
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 ?/ {3 u, G/ a' eStill no response.
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7 Z* X! ?" V+ v0 [; |Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife9 h% S9 L! y: H9 j% [4 j
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?". y$ y, W0 I% ~- Q% o
$ c' A8 n& o" y: UAgain he gets no response.1 U( A) p- s) J) X2 g4 q x: F
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's / X* @; S6 T$ J* i! g/ `) i3 d
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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4 s$ {6 z6 w( DSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 j) Z, r B. `(I just love this)* x( `; m7 j e$ x3 i( s
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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