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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought2 u, K& j, q/ ~! ?! J! _$ A
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called7 h9 e9 b; O4 l
the family doctor to discuss the problem./ c: Q* R& t3 p; t8 O8 i
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
; o3 T( L) \4 s! Land in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
& c3 K/ d2 o( s; b" Sgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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# z' j6 }# z2 s8 PThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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! R# L. [& Z7 l# jNo response.% J; y# u* y1 m8 H
6 {: u$ Y& s2 V1 a1 m4 H' KSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
# u7 g, _5 d' q) S7 e1 Orepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 L% }* J, N+ z
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Still no response.1 d, _8 L: [6 v
5 Z- c6 g+ R. ]; v7 Y% CNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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# o8 b5 K0 }. d+ T/ @2 bAgain he gets no response.
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* c$ P) w- g, ~: g h- M( g% `1 ^So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
+ S% l. I! r+ g4 }for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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0 ?+ d% H& ~2 s r+ nSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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" N( U5 Z; ^4 u8 ?* d+ w/ k% ](I just love this)8 j9 W; e: t; ]/ X& s0 a
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3 {' T7 s5 F @# _9 _! U6 _# K"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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