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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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6 \" a+ x4 S7 f- ?3 l: mThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could: B' K# Y2 p: E+ r
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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7 A* X( G J' L$ pHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,) i( E( n- ]3 j4 j; A; L
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, h) p3 |1 E. J$ S; x
go 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
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"; l- h- G" z( x$ u+ g3 e$ T( l
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3 w R3 G. v" m% y; oSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and8 U! k" r6 e6 F+ C! e; V: p! C. C
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 m) |4 b/ Q3 q: x
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife2 e# G/ T2 w" m2 |5 i: [5 c1 O
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?") M) b- D- f* ], J! H. a: U8 y/ c
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Again he gets no response., U, U% t% u; d
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for dinner?" Again there is no response.% E4 p4 u& P. [! \1 c
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ C# C/ c8 M/ M( Y" d3 ~
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(I just love this)4 X/ E1 F) u6 ?4 h# L2 \
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* V( u& b- h8 L' L' D5 o' U$ F"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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