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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.# Y% H! Q7 {" i# b
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,( O( b. ^9 e& A6 \9 ?5 g
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,9 z0 v& B$ p- D$ y& k: H
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."9 N8 U! l: @7 w: W
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the% ]' z* r& _2 l6 ]: T- K
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
* d( |6 _8 ]; j* h) U2 k tThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"1 u2 E; m4 Q6 F7 L8 g& M+ w0 H
& z- b' |. h9 s7 m; iNo response.2 E# d; V7 i' `: _+ \# w
+ b9 L- R& `& f" dSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and# W/ ^$ M% `) S2 e% m' {. G( I
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 S5 A. C8 E7 h* B" b% j
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Still no response.+ B1 o% c8 z7 l* j/ o
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife+ l: d! e, x* m1 s
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% o# E& [6 n6 A& V& \" E
2 o. V6 }* o; p4 K% ]. [Again he gets no response.
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3 R6 ~; Q$ j5 p) I" |6 ASo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 5 r4 @2 F% t9 m( Y
for 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). c Z r6 Y$ _) a
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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