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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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8 g0 v- D; t* [3 f/ V, W. _the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 R; v/ a* d# K- w) J
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,
% w( E% L8 s% w! W$ pand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
/ r3 P; a& j; K4 J0 a6 c4 I( Ygo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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. B: }0 x$ }0 x4 l5 q! DThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the. J+ `( W5 G* ]; F" { ]& {1 k
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
' U7 f% C# ?6 c7 q) P* Z* `0 _Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 G7 ^( }9 J$ g( x) _No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
3 h; u9 [* |- t/ W/ x% t: U. ]repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 c# j, W0 M/ m0 c+ r1 S
8 T- h) r! h; G' S& \, s% d% d- CStill no response., ]1 x6 \' ~0 z0 U9 V9 }2 N0 d, i
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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# J: u3 P, G1 l# c5 aAgain he gets no response.. k) p/ K5 S3 h$ p0 v; G
2 G" B( f2 k9 v$ }5 ?# H2 D. ZSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
5 V* H; \4 |' _9 Y; o" c) T( a. Yfor dinner?" Again there is no response.* Y; P7 I3 n# a0 r. f
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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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