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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought# U7 C" H0 K* E* }+ s
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
2 a* _/ @4 `( i5 h" d; c! ]the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could) a5 L) j9 G6 q
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.9 w5 s2 M+ r/ b7 Y9 a0 V4 M" g6 l
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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* Z6 J2 H7 g0 o. V p0 E% n# o9 g! P0 Fgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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$ |$ ~* m: J S+ g' iThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
( Q- i( B. A8 Zden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
$ p9 }+ S) B7 d, {: M; dThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"1 d' p) S# \4 Q4 E {) u1 Y, A
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No response.0 r: |9 M3 O& n# w' B* M2 a
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
' T' X3 o( f Q) prepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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1 V# T0 u7 H. p" pStill no response.. V) O8 j7 l( c0 C+ \5 _
/ C3 b ]% r. X& t1 P7 A9 N- \% nNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife, A0 \4 ?0 l( y+ q( a
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.
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5 ^( Z. {4 d( B$ k2 bSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
# v) S7 z. L' |8 T2 ^, r2 }for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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$ w' ^9 ?: B1 E' h+ |4 KSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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* W+ M/ @! Z* h2 z$ S# ]# c. S(I just love this)1 q* z5 J& d2 u; C5 ?* H" ]
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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