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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought) \: U9 r- J5 H# C2 T
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called: J; F s9 @2 R8 E
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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' i6 U2 @, V6 mThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could# \5 h" d7 O" ?5 I6 q
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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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."# H/ @9 ] y) U- \
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the6 X* \2 V' U9 W# G& k
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
' @1 z# i- q {2 {9 fThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: B8 J' t) H( m4 {! _$ LNo response.+ m I, K& c& n" _
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and& W8 F9 }& g' U$ b$ S3 Y
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% P2 M$ c& |4 r! ]
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Still no response.
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@8 q7 g \6 c* h uNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.9 \/ H# d0 c H, Y
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
1 {$ j# E' R, j# |$ Kfor dinner?" Again there is no response.- `. }3 O2 x, y H9 w
/ n4 z- J/ P7 o k6 BSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: W% j; W6 e% O! }7 x: U"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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