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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought8 }( p2 [/ X6 f7 U$ ~! J
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could1 W) E- q4 X$ O3 i b4 `
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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# m4 U3 M ~, B/ WHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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# g+ g, n: b6 E6 K# f H) cgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the& b2 v4 b! ?7 d y. U$ K
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
; y x+ u* X6 N$ wThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.% F, `; T2 u. H' M" n
3 J8 _6 B1 L' h. ?& K0 QSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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# ]) y2 U; h* lStill no response.; _ P T: L: c) L/ O2 t+ Q
8 `7 Y7 w9 Y H) a. ]* f& N& FNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.+ }* a! ]5 e( Q) X; a
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ( w' }6 [8 j: ~6 Y3 x }
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 R# u. L5 Y) S, t) m% S, w
5 _2 w5 b! e5 y(I just love this)
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3 S3 Q+ Q+ Z M5 M: d; ~. H7 ^"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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