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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought( b; @0 P; H: E- N4 g) M& x1 O1 L2 w
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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! m; F$ U9 B% `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,7 O% \# d, _3 C; X
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
# ^" N4 R! R2 \go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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R: p7 l, W, P; ^! cThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the! B+ l/ I. Y0 L4 G9 X# ?
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."( @0 U1 T/ y. A, k% ~; ~
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and& m5 Y- `9 R( X+ K, f6 ^; E
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ p+ L+ P: A7 u& S' E I
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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* L- J8 M8 _; p! V2 x' oAgain he gets no response.) }! Z2 \9 Z! Z1 \
$ w3 ]: p/ u7 K- _So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
, e) a& c4 m9 l) n5 g$ }, \* Vfor dinner?" Again there is no response." N) a. w$ u, Z! i
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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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