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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 family doctor to discuss the problem.
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* K5 H, {6 H6 v7 JThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could$ _/ e3 V Y& ^7 o- o
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,( Z+ ~; L! Y. O1 }
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
6 s3 q/ n6 P: o4 w! {go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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( k% U/ P2 J; i" m7 LThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the) n2 W8 K) t: @9 V! @; V |
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
! W6 _9 ]0 [) m7 u% _/ G0 v0 WThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"6 W2 ]9 ?3 h0 c! a8 ~4 ^" s. f0 a
) q9 x% I* U7 ~+ l% a# e2 @No response.
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, ^, l6 Z4 e- R' g* J QSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
: B# ^9 A/ X) [' o# vrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.$ R; P$ H+ C0 N0 j% m2 y5 N* k5 h/ y
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife" u% S, q4 K6 m6 u
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 y2 D' n( w! q4 D5 {4 x
" t* V( ^2 }$ X4 V8 HAgain he gets no response.
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* \+ g, u8 |( w3 m% |4 o+ \. ZSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's , w c- B) h6 J8 I: }" g
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)' ~8 ]# G7 g( ?+ {/ j
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) @% f9 y/ q6 K: \ n% N"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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