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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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U0 S& P" u3 z% r# F+ D$ g: ^# sThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 z8 J& A, {4 t7 X6 W& ?
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.1 O4 m# R& _6 W3 y, X/ e, W9 m
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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- [7 `0 U% {3 ^1 i6 \$ Bgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response." I! T* ~1 x6 `
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the5 ^: g* n: s1 a- ~' \3 V1 V& G' n
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."( N2 q+ W+ _5 ~& L
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"8 _( M$ E1 W- ]& Z) x8 E* z
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No response.+ \; N2 W0 S8 t, E# x9 j
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and) I+ {( P4 F. O8 Z1 g$ W
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.& Y4 b5 d( O1 A0 Z0 v
0 l8 v: N6 S! m- Z) e. \Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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. W# \4 I% H, K/ t# {Again he gets no response.' e T3 }1 N* L" Y3 q8 B" l
f: F- M9 |" m& {$ ?So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
- F/ G f3 o" o! j6 ?for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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+ U* S3 t6 s' x9 u4 C8 fSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?") _ W- O2 ~& T0 B) ]) u
7 o5 c* |; p0 A) _(I just love this) z1 {# J5 L8 d1 B/ N
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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