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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought. }4 |: g' `6 P- z2 K/ j
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called t3 {; q% ?# m
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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N, K" a: t0 @- rThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
0 \+ M( C% {! U! l. Mperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.9 F- y- c, t1 t* V! m
7 n# }& P' P% {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."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the/ P- O# n- l* g7 Q2 A
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."; A7 K9 v/ C+ B! {' s
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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. W5 k2 y- B7 P; RNo response., i0 ?. q/ `. [3 Y- W1 r
( z. J$ I0 v* e0 Y7 A1 A6 dSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
) F7 j B. P3 _& C) C# {repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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$ P8 ~, f/ l1 m- o% \; w/ u% r: W0 HStill 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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" S: a8 h/ W6 w% o+ o2 VAgain he gets no response./ U. Z, I# B* y4 }" w4 N
' {1 W3 v$ ?5 r3 P9 LSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
1 s H; g! c6 O/ `5 f3 Q6 ufor dinner?" Again there is no response.5 l0 B. k' A7 P$ _# y
}# M9 o' J9 @So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)6 j" b8 ~* \. x
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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