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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought. d4 f* ^9 m3 g/ @+ {
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called" H; w+ `( O) o4 H
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
4 n g1 }1 x. ?7 [' l( j; {* cperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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/ ~5 Y7 Q& g+ r" ^# O- xHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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B1 D+ ?% c( V. l) Z* t* igo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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% o: z; [' u) [& H/ G0 K; fThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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5 ?" V0 y) F6 A- [) L9 Z7 RThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) n) C4 M7 }. V2 O0 cNo response.; B& i' X4 I/ q# I# u& i+ P0 N& [
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Still no response.( }/ b; v# q. c* ^& P1 a' A
$ N. B+ W! K, F) s& k. f' yNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
( h5 D8 j0 \1 F, _" t* s) mfor dinner?" Again there is no response." q* g4 C9 A/ k
- k' P {( W j8 @So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: n8 n- ~- Y6 Z6 z4 G(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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