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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought. h! l2 Z+ D+ a* O3 l. L# C# E) [! |
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called; l6 u8 D4 c8 r1 x/ [
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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8 ^( u, a8 j/ M) T- m/ a1 _The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could) k* D) K G7 |5 C6 j1 I; s9 b
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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7 \, B t. K2 c; w. k# d' c& n; }Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
/ y4 B$ s N' \1 g- G2 l+ q: Sand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,8 s3 x" l4 Y [5 _
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."' i! F1 v+ c! G+ q
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the5 y3 ^; f4 f, L4 v8 G8 f$ L
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.", L5 M) i+ I4 c: Y' [
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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7 b- n( K9 u6 Q6 x3 W+ i4 cSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and& [4 y$ _6 \3 h. h! Q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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1 G! g8 l( M) i- Y+ H1 CStill no response.
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4 C9 A, U8 i: D, {7 _# s0 n i- ?Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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7 Q$ A; m- X, N" v+ q+ Z2 H9 P1 P1 vAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 6 D( \% [- @% p" B
for dinner?" Again there is no response.7 y: y! V! ]0 S6 @2 H
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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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) A$ a, R! _6 B$ M"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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