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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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6 @+ O2 O1 ~6 v# b( Q( H" c7 fthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could2 o3 e6 ^6 D) c- } W
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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, k' r+ I r3 A+ IHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,! W$ ?6 T* [: p: K
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
# s# o& a2 I7 _$ S0 T$ {: Ego 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 the
. b1 a- e1 |' M8 f& c$ r* E1 f% Zden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
( \. A. k7 N9 z2 e8 o3 U1 ?Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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5 ^# W3 X/ l' p, Z0 b, XNo response.
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1 V% q) e7 f4 N) m, fSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
2 ?" O6 ~7 I$ F9 w. Q5 krepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.9 h7 e }& a: B' i- o
9 @/ e6 O1 \7 C ]. U7 D! n1 H& ?6 PNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife6 i. ^0 ?( i. J1 i
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"7 z }/ M1 \8 [# j
* D% @. }' S) e) E; y/ @3 d4 q) SAgain he gets no response.
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" {( C$ r q' K9 q* oSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
8 t5 L/ o5 v- O$ W2 z/ R' Zfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ N& W1 f/ f& B1 x( ~
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(I just love this)
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5 t: J0 @- {3 D9 v( u) Q"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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