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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought0 Z+ B3 ]& P$ O6 { o
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called3 w9 K' Z8 ]/ D# b6 M
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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$ H/ a; m) V6 w( W1 ~The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could- ^( n: e2 i6 k# P/ b
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.; @+ f! L+ S% i: s# B# o
6 D0 }0 C) R. J d" L! RHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
8 s0 f- @- _# f4 `4 h1 Dand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
$ T4 c: l% c+ w/ mgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."+ T) l4 j% J0 } X( P5 |
) t2 S! o! n0 @# p7 k' ^That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
: @# j* }9 M P) `den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
2 j" B% _) ]$ K- r; \6 O/ |6 H( CThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"% V ^8 N6 J2 C) b7 j
% F' c$ h# ?$ v- _) {No response./ j( }: { L6 d7 ~/ r
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
t9 I: [( Z$ B6 Prepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* o4 `2 d D! z u$ f/ i! i
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Still no response.
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" n& g9 J0 r% A+ p: \ h5 kNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
% f4 S1 a9 K$ q2 qand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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% C. T! n/ a+ j0 ~2 x3 g% qAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 3 l# b- X" @# Y' H9 \; D
for dinner?" Again there is no response.) p9 ?- r- o* C; h" z
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"" j3 h+ r O+ w: m, ]
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(I just love this), C7 H; F4 x& h2 N8 A0 i
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! H% n+ b3 v6 O: |; U"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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