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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought" s: G8 ?5 ?& O1 K& z7 J1 R
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
3 j7 a% X0 Y8 `$ ~5 ^9 i7 Ithe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could% W6 R# t6 q1 [& \% k5 Q
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.5 l" W. n# D$ A2 h) r
0 b! c. W1 `/ \$ B& [) b& rHere'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." L2 D! q! o0 J. J5 Z7 a A7 ]
8 D- x% W1 a# ?0 L7 q! mThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the' N* ^ K E! I& b' L
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.". v+ C" _4 h1 I5 C
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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& W/ t c/ ^4 i+ R- q y$ hNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 c: Y0 C$ J5 T! ?repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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# R2 I2 `' s) E- W& r8 }Still no response.
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; a3 i, n) P3 Y! V# ONext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife; b6 f3 O+ ^7 g! u/ |% l
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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- @. H8 C7 J- ?Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
! i! Z$ M1 t) s. W+ Mfor 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): K. K$ f, v) ~8 K+ b; V( h
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1 g' h% A5 u& z+ e& J9 ^# S"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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