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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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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,+ ]3 c6 n, M9 w; {! A' M; }& e
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
9 b6 \) t$ C) G' qgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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$ X, Q% v9 _- O C' e' \. f! XThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the8 [' [7 t1 e$ g" j6 g, k
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
$ h8 m. K2 m3 W1 ~Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?", u: Z+ u% j' o9 ?3 E7 G E
/ f4 O% ]3 ?) s" f, q9 \+ kNo response.
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1 q7 s( H* @$ X7 H1 w9 ]3 ASo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
- K" c" M0 k$ a& zrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 Q/ p2 N9 C4 W( h, M5 CStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife$ k) D4 w2 a( E/ ]
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 i( n8 C, P: i/ n
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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
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ d+ `0 J# ^( [5 a" X) J9 Z
5 }7 t, H; h+ I5 Y( n(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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