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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought6 B' k: l) J. [0 m% M
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called- u4 x1 Y4 ]! Y4 m5 I7 x O
the family doctor to discuss the problem.1 W/ U; M4 b8 w! W% B
# Z7 e3 G" G' vThe 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,8 P& ^9 U; A, H3 `2 v2 y
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,3 }/ }; x4 ^! `2 C, ^ F: [8 W
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.", r5 l& x$ _* X- p
& `7 I! p7 w( H$ nThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the$ @. v/ w9 i$ ~: g! [9 Q% ~5 \/ C
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
, R& a6 `4 V1 ?$ vThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.2 W( i' q% J6 Z& d/ d
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and5 h" n# G& \# T% E$ ^
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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/ U' e, O" {; b7 @, [* VStill no response.
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! N7 d) C7 I* L3 RNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
1 M; L9 V0 T) Hand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.8 r, y" a- w' Y$ O' l9 v
; B" ]1 o: j, hSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
% r) ^" T- V4 s2 c0 wfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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) K9 X# \( h8 Z- @0 @! ^So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 s; i6 Z+ _8 Z
& x/ @1 c J% I4 |3 a& i) q$ v# z(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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