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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought6 g) w. [. l9 j6 {
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
( `, [. n* A& ^: F) l+ Ethe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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+ P, }8 d. X& O( p0 l W! {$ e' MThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
3 W9 h; i1 G- q: Kperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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. x0 I1 P/ C7 ~5 h5 G3 CHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,+ d* k: v. }6 Q/ N; ?4 T1 j3 E
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 the0 i! `8 \( F1 [# ?) m9 l7 |/ V" c
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."$ C( p, a* z$ u4 `- n" N h6 d
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"7 E _. |' q& p4 J; D
1 h! f' t8 S5 N+ aNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and, F+ R/ m) N! k9 W' s
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: ?4 T5 k4 {2 S( A# y( XStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife; U1 _+ u1 P, o
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.9 S2 o) C- k( V$ a1 f5 f
/ J9 @' u" W$ U lSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's / y0 a* ? c- J+ X& t
for dinner?" Again there is no response.: ~2 K3 l, e5 C2 f, F; G
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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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5 {9 w" A6 a" E$ b"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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