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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.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could4 ^' @6 n4 d5 G [
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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+ b* Q! N1 ]& \* FHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,! {- y9 l* C! l1 m! Z# n" C
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
" ~" M0 V& ]: E8 Ago to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."3 R/ ?* J9 A% k- [# [( H% u
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
4 e8 a; e0 E) Y! z5 xden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
2 [9 P+ T3 a( F; `8 X \6 g1 {Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"6 x# E$ h% _9 y& c! V1 K* E6 t
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No response.! i0 X7 y/ `; ~! c3 Y0 ?" k3 y2 }' ` j
; A7 P8 k* s+ d) \So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and3 a7 T; e/ l. m1 H# b
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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o8 g. h( O/ ]: ] F5 V1 U1 P6 dStill no response.
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! K# C2 j& F4 Z# Q9 o6 YNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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9 P8 A1 X* `5 u& E# IAgain he gets no response.; x; T/ x: @" o0 r) w2 C
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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2 ~" I$ c8 e+ M. x% S1 x, iSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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