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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought0 D- r6 N& j) |! C
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called% C9 H1 B5 H, O* e
the family doctor to discuss the problem.# O, T, B: _: L$ H1 Y6 z! W+ n
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
, B" D6 R. Q6 e2 @- j' Tperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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8 E( I4 J+ G G1 w& R) t; t' A% _) r6 LHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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go 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 the1 @( I4 e6 b: h1 i3 ?1 k
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
) n/ o0 T9 ^) \- f9 g; YThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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' c2 l9 T7 G/ Q% Z8 q- `! KNo response.
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# l+ w: e+ {& c0 \) `" CSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and- F4 Z4 c/ q& v# L3 u; |& B5 x1 Q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 y, A4 L8 {( _( A7 q7 e; U6 H
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife; r2 J' P: j8 e5 ^6 l& \
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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6 H: m2 B: ^( b8 g7 e/ O! |% c& k0 i" EAgain he gets no response.& n2 z! ^4 `0 ]2 X" E9 Z
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's # K6 `: K" H) k- a( Z' q2 B m
for dinner?" Again there is no response.. x% X( W8 R& m' t
. d: m% d# P1 _So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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' @ D$ \8 f3 d- R9 B(I just love this), i- w7 s4 [6 E1 N
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- p' c' |5 c, U& \( K$ t) i1 R6 ["Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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