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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could( h+ p. r/ x- s
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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4 X# S1 M: ~: j4 J+ F! S- `Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,0 Z1 r! N( m- t; ?& ^5 w% a7 ]
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,5 u( d# M* h* j3 `
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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& Y; U) U, s. f+ K+ j+ T: ZThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"+ _' \3 I( ^1 w7 s
3 b/ X# u/ i, H6 r2 p; INo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and' j6 D7 b% ~- L5 u$ v
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"& e" i7 w$ s/ r& C( s3 t7 A
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife$ n$ v2 O1 u5 g1 I4 O. T
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response., K! f- _% D3 }7 t! x3 T2 I
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ V5 @6 a( B" L6 w7 Q
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! o0 w7 b3 x6 l8 j* G+ n4 ^# s5 L"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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