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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought" E& U! b8 u' g3 f: j7 i4 M0 o
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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; K2 u- M' p6 n3 s5 lThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could$ Y9 p5 W, P6 _1 N" t2 ^, U
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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8 n& _/ s8 C' GHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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. B2 j$ @/ o! Y2 Vgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."9 C! o' @0 F; T0 p0 ` N9 k3 M
( |( G# e2 M9 K$ eThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the) u, v+ d7 S# v( F
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
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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& u+ ^! R k% M `
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% S S/ I( @8 P: `: e) a$ u {
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Still no response.9 F- K1 n$ M) W
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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2 ~! s2 l( b3 g+ D+ iAgain he gets no response.
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9 Y# E% j6 r" O2 M( f7 p J( USo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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6 C' S2 w6 _% v" X0 P. A. P! CSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"+ E4 p+ Y+ w* n4 J0 U5 j; K2 ~& _! d6 V
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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