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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought2 C# g1 i$ c# q/ v
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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% Q( D7 z. j( R) f* u! B/ {The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could m; c1 b' |' T" u& B" M" c
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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' L. l6 `5 b2 f, \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' T, t. Q6 ?# k
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."' c- N6 J% r- O/ ?" {+ [( o
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"8 L' t& K% Y: W9 b) U
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6 V) X, J# o0 n }+ mSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
! [+ [' M$ Y$ m7 ]repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?". w* b- L( c7 w9 @
+ ^5 t0 y, G: J8 x, w2 u! F5 V! HStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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* o F- J3 \: PSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 9 ]) y5 J( G+ T9 o5 j- x/ o
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"' {( k/ n l+ N) }, E9 ?0 }
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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