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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought1 a/ A" l9 C; ~: v& C% G+ G
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could( ]0 G& O4 K5 u! [* z# B
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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5 z( o }8 U. MHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
7 j. h7 j( ^4 g9 s; K2 eand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
5 ^8 f! I0 E2 u* Igo 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
8 Z6 H- K, V6 A+ y4 i6 }7 r2 kden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."1 N/ `/ \5 N" N# ?) O
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"8 f/ U* ~# _: M" H, r6 A
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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' ~! @& G/ Y8 J. t3 t/ U
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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7 n: X: t1 ~$ j+ P" ANext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
2 _% e( o8 r) c! C# s6 p" b$ I( i' Cand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' p/ L0 ]" f2 ?7 |1 k
2 u3 l0 S6 C, s" R; {, mAgain he gets no response.$ e* a" z. }; ~: S- L
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's * b# R. O9 _2 L& F# C h1 g$ N
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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7 W* z+ ^) l& D. r" MSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"* z- x7 ~+ E; X5 i# E! w4 i; D% o
& ]" ?0 D6 n- X(I just love this)8 b( S; I2 u1 a, u e2 T, E! E
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* l: A# m3 {6 I/ C"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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