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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought7 \1 g& H5 \1 w1 g: g! k8 @
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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+ } o- z8 s7 y% O/ P/ G3 E- \The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could$ p8 r! S1 U9 s8 r
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.7 H# g! ]1 V8 b$ W0 T2 G
# U5 W- Q% }. x" W1 CHere'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 the
' g; |. I! q$ W( u) w8 zden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
" [3 j! u# i k* S/ p9 QThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.7 l; F% `6 `/ b" s7 y7 S" o# j
% F6 L! @& _: [- bSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and% P8 s9 b; H8 }% |& `, C0 p7 L0 k9 Q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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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" G+ S; Q! p( k; H/ f; f
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.) F1 \1 V3 t0 i0 l5 i/ s
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 0 a( F5 X6 F2 D2 M) Q _
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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/ x% O0 \+ q! V8 p' h$ S- @9 J(I just love this)
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& z( w! R% v' T% m9 q; U; ~6 Z"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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