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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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5 G, P8 R6 ?' w/ tthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could4 C7 a, o! O& |
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.3 _6 B2 D* z& e0 |8 C6 w$ O
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,0 C$ z7 j$ N- w3 j* K
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
) U( |% A! g7 K) D/ s- Vgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."6 ]9 ~' j# r3 G: y6 h# ]$ z
0 U8 x( c9 C0 _That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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: I G, e! E. m$ k2 F( F- XThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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% F3 m$ X7 b% _+ a" iNo response.# O6 z- O, v! M6 x9 Y/ Z
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and4 v; o: b1 B4 `8 W% {$ V- f
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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3 c+ w8 J3 L6 S% `6 XStill no response.7 W" k3 q" ?- O: q
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife- P; n2 _% m; {0 b; s9 e4 y
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ r9 g+ e+ n5 X8 _
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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 " w, g; ]% Z: ~
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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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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