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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought& a" Q8 L' W' P, h! ?9 [5 a* s
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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0 O6 q' j3 X6 {; d" o7 k3 fThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could: P5 b* x/ Q1 y8 F% ^: a- D
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. h" R0 i$ T6 m5 H ]
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,& U! [6 p: }$ \
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
" K( N: U* B F) _ Cgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."" \' Z8 Q/ y) h* y
2 ]* D) d, i) nThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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3 s3 K+ |0 ~& F8 v2 AThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"( N* s# j, |* ?1 n* E( F' O1 {; r. ~
- J! |& _# I# N, x8 e5 I3 NNo response.& r# @) l0 V6 o. c7 D2 N
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and8 O7 p3 h3 x( m8 H0 E; e
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?" R `& i6 K$ k% V) I
- I2 x3 ^% w8 X2 p' jStill no response.8 I* [0 B6 U4 O
5 i7 Z0 ^: S6 z/ VNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife5 i# Q( B7 K& V0 O( t* p
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' o8 \& V8 f5 n, m; L. ?: L7 z
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Again he gets no response.9 } k& l Z) W; f
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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# _+ R( |( [5 VSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?") n" r! c6 Z/ I
4 Q6 L9 v" `8 J5 Y; w(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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