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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
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the family doctor to discuss the problem.+ p1 n4 E4 |3 I
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could: P( H& V" B8 ^- k6 H f5 B' W
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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0 _$ S! {( G' e, j/ x; VHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,8 m) \" C3 N) q
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,5 ^6 t# o0 s, W- \
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 the4 q2 \: x9 Y7 ?7 |+ D
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
- D0 Z& e% y% G s! Y8 HThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"9 L. r" W8 I$ d4 X$ D( e: w, x1 `9 |
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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
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* r5 F) ~ P6 G7 a% BStill no response.! _. P" u# h6 q# q% ?! s
, S- U6 ?) l1 HNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife/ `, H' O- A1 [4 ~- [) I
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 _0 n+ F" \8 K% t
8 [1 W4 q: O$ h0 KAgain he gets no response.9 i- J& U' K$ T7 `7 k7 [; ` G
{" P% P( q8 K# x" ASo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
) K. L' p2 F6 ]5 T# v" t7 {( m6 }for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"* n! R. P# a( j" h% s
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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