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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought" }' c$ H. L* |) V! Z/ x
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called2 q3 D) y [3 q: Z
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could4 Z- z& A' ]1 Q. O9 S2 }
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.0 _7 w" B+ ?6 ?2 q f* |/ i4 e
4 s" J. k' X" y: Y3 QHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
/ @/ N+ X! t5 N/ B) eand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
3 E2 I6 P& _2 w/ Z+ Vgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.", J6 b# d7 h- [
z0 t C- m6 y4 U9 JThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
3 Z$ i* H6 ]7 dden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."9 |0 k* ^5 p8 l4 R7 s' p( K" W, O' k
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
# Z; M# d& |. a$ T/ [# Brepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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9 N' U" h* d0 @2 l; _2 {Still no response.& E* Q8 @/ M G+ ?% F2 q$ R7 u
" r( m7 g5 Z- ONext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife$ p( e5 s/ F0 Y; {( n
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.
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! o( G0 b) |- W7 K' j% ^& OSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
* A' \3 n+ h! p* ifor dinner?" Again there is no response.3 t C' U5 J/ r) z8 Y
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 S6 v( I* F, J# j
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(I just love this)1 |9 B2 d r" \2 ^
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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