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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought- N$ r% |$ Z" R$ d0 A; ^; B$ F2 k
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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4 y% D; S$ r+ I8 H* o( uThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
8 x6 b, }; }* c3 qperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.+ h* t& ]7 A9 ]5 A% \0 [
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,; ~% Q2 e% c- c b6 C
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the. [: A9 z: T# \
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.") D: {) M% q% V! I0 i: A( [( k3 G" y
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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+ P7 ] h% s- nNo response.& f+ h8 z9 v5 ~- C4 v6 E0 u
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and0 [; i7 T3 g5 V4 h
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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, ~* P& \2 H: o$ y: z8 b C6 xNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
9 n7 U" N- e5 Nand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 x5 A5 U9 p8 {( vAgain he gets no response.& Y% M/ n9 u. @, i5 ?1 u+ V
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ! ~ \( k4 ?. B ^1 ~2 h
for dinner?" Again there is no response.2 R. |% Y ?) U
) O& i/ M. }$ D- `5 hSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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* H4 V$ t4 n4 \) t" a, P(I just love this)+ w, n# D' v. P
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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