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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 doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could3 U) o& t; P7 x. L* e
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
: t2 }0 Y. T2 r5 c5 P$ \2 cand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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5 S% [, e5 i1 z* g# P) A% O- r0 B, RThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the. l T4 m$ e' }
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."7 Z2 w: L: U8 ~+ S, ~) ?4 z* k; [/ ^
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
0 ]- s1 w7 @4 T" c& |3 T! Srepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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5 L! _* z/ w. Y4 z+ k- Z& aStill no response.
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; Z' c' {2 D( h- rNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife/ R& B8 K1 h" ]
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# h: n/ r! x8 j0 U( h& Q8 o# p
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - Y- v( r+ L( l* @
for dinner?" Again there is no response.0 S% l4 ~' ?5 x% m* d
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So 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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