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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought& o B& A H) x% ^5 u% l
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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F2 s4 P5 P. iThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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: b4 p& p1 P5 w. PHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,/ k* }; R' M; B) O5 T! L) ?3 u
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
5 `. e# v( j+ d$ O2 S/ l E- [go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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( S6 l8 k/ H# b9 @7 n) w; D$ DThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the w8 k% |* {5 ^7 X& w
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
- }- ^) }! m8 d8 ]7 r6 T/ `Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"3 M" o/ K9 X! _" n( g
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ y$ M( p! T# P& I7 R5 b
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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$ ]3 t9 |7 }1 j) e N! G9 YStill no response.# {2 l0 E) @. _& {$ @8 V
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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2 V' |' o6 o* hAgain he gets no response.# T) G0 W3 |% c# M( Y% P% S( Q* p
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 7 P$ D4 Y/ M9 G3 F* o, D# x5 l
for dinner?" Again there is no response.& j2 Z% ~; s& u, R
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)* ?- r" q6 Q! S7 T! P- t
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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