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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 doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could9 N9 C, x6 h. D
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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' `! {7 M$ \! \Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
% Z6 i' H: E' ^2 f8 wand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,7 F3 N" ?+ _2 l% I
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."# f" i) D" l. t2 ]! }
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the* z) y/ ~1 |. k9 g
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
8 F% D6 j. _0 b# ^) OThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"- k; Q$ e+ t6 D5 ]" x& P4 m
) `' o% ?+ N; C p5 [No response.: o: W0 z; l( I" E+ G4 t
$ d7 N# O+ I; J! gSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and# i0 V3 ?1 p- k
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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. D9 _' B8 f, M. C- RStill no response.3 G1 n& {: D0 m6 C h# g* Y; X
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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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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's : H7 I, Y, L/ C9 T6 Q8 i. o
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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5 H2 d4 w" I" n, y# D+ qSo 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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