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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought/ @5 X$ e# E' K6 Y
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called$ }: F8 z* q, N
the family doctor to discuss the problem.: k/ ?8 o' N2 l2 W6 y9 U2 X
. v7 h; \" q* n: O: ~The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could& j1 B5 x' l4 P6 q4 K4 B) o
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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( M% d$ s* j, S6 e7 AHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,0 P1 @' K2 K- z: A: H# y
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
, b, r( D: @' c" S/ h" ]# g7 ego to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."& j" D+ M) q3 \. w
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the! {$ ~% g% c! c# M. u- k8 O- W
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
" j) ?3 y- j: rThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.; s2 i/ \3 m# ^) L+ C
2 }7 v6 c7 i3 n+ F5 pSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
+ L, L4 h N7 K- `5 \& F+ yrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?". e. `5 W/ B. p! H' F/ N2 \
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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
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3 T T# ~- z( m9 a3 E( wAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
; ^) o" ]* Y; z* B; y" Ufor dinner?" Again there is no response.) P( K. f( L3 e$ p
- E7 F) A* Z# b: e4 r8 P) Y' }% S0 vSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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