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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought0 `: O5 {) {+ `& T7 o% M5 d
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called {$ L: H; _( u! s7 g2 b
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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1 B' X+ B& W0 s& v' p* cThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could4 v. y: x$ z# E4 P# _5 f
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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# [% W# `+ |9 ^# r2 t4 bgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.": L& }* q$ T7 w( p" R
/ e" `( o9 g+ R1 I- j/ PThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
& V- z6 g2 ~0 q' x3 H0 Sden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.") M8 }( E* f9 d3 J. w- C/ S6 u9 U1 _
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"& o- B* e) j& Q$ w& R* t
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No response.) F8 \, T- ^/ W
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
) T1 }' W; m1 e Rrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"+ T, f( N4 ~; V; [
( R/ q) {4 B2 h" kStill no response.
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@/ i* R* g+ u* R5 a ~2 P; TNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife' G# C0 f% Q& {, ?3 z5 D4 w
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.
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a, I# O( ?# l! |: E0 VSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
, | E4 V2 S% cfor dinner?" Again there is no response.: t4 N' o1 g$ N0 j" j, }% z
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 m& Z4 P4 f% D) M# z
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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