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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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5 P8 U% [5 m4 G& `" }+ ~, \+ P, wThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could+ W9 i' |! p1 t! T
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,
6 S# `" I) q8 o" C/ m* O: C' xand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
' t( M' W2 W$ H+ H- a4 f' pgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."' }) W5 f: V+ Z( U
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.* i, ^) O& k( ?, b) V9 J( o
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and5 y$ E- ?* g& j, K! H( J
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 l, }% ?, W4 a
7 B: \! L, h5 v( q8 @* yStill no response.
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! m# U3 S/ `* k' A# @- c& zNext 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 Y1 X" O9 p# b% v( Y; j( ]3 l1 T
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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: G* j+ R5 j( o% ]6 zSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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% t! @# B* }! Y7 v+ W"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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