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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought% e$ I. v6 a# J# ]8 c8 O
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called- v& b4 N4 P. U( o4 X
the family doctor to discuss the problem.: T, e2 l9 p& ?, l" o3 u
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could7 t- K D* K% H( [4 X3 ` c; j
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.) I$ B, \; }2 L, E9 [
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,+ m0 _3 q0 K7 W) X3 q
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,) B( ]4 L1 s$ W" W% v; p3 v% r
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
1 k" V# H6 |8 e+ h, F" mden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."9 B; `; ^5 P: h
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"0 u4 b5 S! P/ h; N: F6 H
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and9 t1 H* T" g: ^/ [
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"& Q- U" x2 ]7 ~$ L& X% V% J' i
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/ K3 e; ?! e9 _# F) w: e O o( YNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
# G" g( ^; [3 z/ T, `and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 b O: h" ]5 @: h3 s) i' b
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Again he gets no response.
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8 O/ @9 S& ~: c# ]So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
6 H! T% |* U& s! ]/ }for dinner?" Again there is no response.) ?" I" o% M9 l6 e4 q8 e* D3 _
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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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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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