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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought1 m z1 k/ A5 n0 s- D
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called! P* G# ^/ T+ r* r# _9 H
the family doctor to discuss the problem.0 R- @( T4 M" R3 k. d/ T) p" N
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 g5 f% J" A1 w% x% J0 m- k ^" E
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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/ g2 t" z; @+ p7 B q5 \, F2 O% LHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,6 M3 { q- C3 ?# f2 a
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,. p( k& y( Z1 \( k$ m2 l3 E
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, G1 Q4 }% |" c1 w# Y
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.". \& h. K0 Z4 h, o, |1 }( @
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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4 K2 F: ^4 ~* N% lSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
9 G ^0 Q3 T, |4 N0 M3 ?9 I) C5 hrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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* z) ]# r7 m7 H5 l; x' J! sStill 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.' o4 G! |8 Y! {% w& s6 a
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
& O. P5 s5 S; z9 Ifor dinner?" Again there is no response., z8 T) C8 {* s. V" T; y' z* K
1 c/ H' G3 g$ N L; P4 cSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"; o0 M: |5 s& t; M. B% A
$ M4 W# Z+ |9 \+ B(I just love this)
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, t" Y1 F+ T: p) |' R! Q# O+ k* {"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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