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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.8 \5 U3 B7 \$ d3 K0 F
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 @5 k @/ B+ q9 R, _7 T
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.$ M# `9 d1 S1 v9 B, Z! z6 b- W3 X
& T: R9 K9 K0 bHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
; c3 \6 k6 S8 c5 e' aand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
( G0 Z" y* k$ P* s$ m; g {1 wgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.". f1 D/ W0 [9 Y6 o
& @7 K) u0 W' KThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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, Z" b1 Z6 [; v9 a S8 cThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"( z. A& `! s7 r7 E: r+ ~' k
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No response.# _( z' n* V l
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
( M1 x) P+ |* a& g7 Urepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 f9 [% d4 E( j. K5 h
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Still no response.
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0 I; ^( W, u& z* _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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/ l5 ?1 l: L# g' N% Y2 USo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's " K9 W+ O) b# i. s3 x
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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( Q! A4 ]+ d- WSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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9 u" Z+ m; Y: R, W1 C(I just love this)+ Q$ X# F, ]9 A# T5 m# Y+ Y5 i
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) M+ B! p+ G) ^1 G"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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