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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 could$ W; B& P' S" x! N+ b
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,
+ k, a6 ?4 F" u6 \8 z. Uand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
; L- K0 U+ x2 W$ F, ego to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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0 o1 j* N; v+ w2 F4 w% KThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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$ z O' [9 F y% y; KThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.2 L% z6 O8 D( \; |7 n' D
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
. `6 Q3 y# t0 T c: Zrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* }/ V6 `- k; |. E; l2 [) ]
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Still no response.! }& Y5 |7 a1 f7 D7 t5 m% n
) `9 n! X' j- i8 Q4 R5 ?Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 H$ I8 X# E/ ~3 N ?; E% `, S+ V
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 Q6 l1 }! D( D& x3 Q
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Again he gets no response.
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. c0 z5 I. K4 I* |, N xSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's " @4 q/ y' W- c- }2 `$ S+ c6 {
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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9 Z: b6 n* q% E! A3 z* Q& NSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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