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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought: Q2 v* i* M; N+ u' c' c
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
, M- e% t+ H; u# @+ ]the family doctor to discuss the problem.' w7 a4 [$ H% `' Z: H6 A$ ]
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could ~9 ?% i- l, t1 Z5 K
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,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."3 t, d; h6 u$ u( i- o g
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the) K- ?5 K8 V" Y M
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
/ \2 J S5 G5 _- NThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"# O8 t9 X+ K8 D$ J5 O& e' o
( O1 s% V/ d# U2 C/ xNo response.+ I6 X7 q `9 ?; `" k3 F
8 k5 p1 v$ V8 `* e1 U$ hSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ i) E. T1 {" o# ]5 ~" K$ f
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) K5 t2 w( ]/ w( ?" E- LStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.- }7 U2 T5 V! T" `; d9 |9 ?& x
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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4 v1 h# o8 {0 a' P4 J" ~So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"; e& }9 J7 i: u1 }
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(I just love this)1 b3 S% O: N7 R5 p( u9 k$ K; J' n
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$ u. G! O2 v- S"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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