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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
7 s+ P' U' j/ X5 p- }5 vshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
* B1 t( A; s& Rthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could6 K7 B9 ^, H# m6 n h
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.5 o9 Y# M+ q" \! J
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,5 S9 _# W) f, B
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,. s% i5 M/ X/ j$ C$ `
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."4 f) D( J, l' {* E+ H, U6 Q8 M, R
& e3 A, T0 S. G# d D- {That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
; V: h0 B& ^7 J! h" Xden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."" g c, X& w, W' z" [. U
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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# D" Z. h4 \% zNo response.1 n6 \8 Z1 }+ J6 W" _
# Q2 q, G$ V" z1 Y2 M/ OSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
5 R$ e$ A3 w- @8 L( u- X( r& N4 C. Prepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 y& o; ~$ ?7 c2 ^% }/ P. O
, S; I G' z* J$ {- u5 l0 kStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife. c R T! X% q0 x( \* P
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"& }, f* I. J7 _$ v
, i% R( [' c& a% k% v, iAgain he gets no response.. f& f/ y ?( S+ @5 A, Q7 Q
: p) y: a- B" \So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
$ [. Q+ u4 T3 f, kfor dinner?" Again there is no response.4 g7 h' r" `! ?' w
d, z0 U/ e7 ?+ j. u G( H4 {So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)% a* b8 \. H" M6 Q% {
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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