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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought% ~0 d: D& B) L" g& \7 C# M' K
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called/ h; m* P; ?% u. I! U
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could; h% I$ i e1 \$ i _- q, R
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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( s- y8 H" h$ IHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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% K& w/ d( Q. ngo 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
% I+ u+ O, N; y/ wden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
4 @/ q" P' \% O% ?+ Z, PThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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( F# e& {- i2 H: c" L) {; d: PNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and. Q8 d$ V! u1 R$ G
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! A7 Q1 m9 Z7 W
. D6 ]6 d; W/ ]4 j1 ?Still no response.0 x4 {! S6 O& }
p' z0 O( {% m# hNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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/ T4 f) H+ Q# X* k3 u9 pAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
7 N6 q! y) m3 E/ U9 e* U2 u4 ^+ afor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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2 _, Z3 y6 ?7 a0 ]1 F/ L7 xSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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3 u7 i, @/ r7 @& v6 }"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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