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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought3 M! r9 q& q1 |' N0 r5 E' m9 u) `
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
4 r( w L) u/ X$ J& F1 U5 Ethe family doctor to discuss the problem.% p. R s: @8 ]5 C& }
" w4 ?2 u% `/ ^- k; |The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
. J0 h# G) P, e% Fperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.. y1 W e, @1 ^ G
8 @* q. `3 C8 ?Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the: i7 r0 u! M+ Y' u! U0 P+ d
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."0 C4 A) B/ H. @, H, [+ b2 q
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?": E' ~+ G( Z) i3 c$ H
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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 d( q5 D4 Y0 d# Q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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5 x- K' N( m3 k2 fStill no response.
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- `9 [2 P3 E( X+ C# R- O$ x9 ]Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
# X6 M3 W3 G+ Z1 n- R2 l3 \and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ @+ K" T! g# L- X- d
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Again he gets no response.8 l! M A7 `9 h
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
& K4 }) _ z! H# w2 c1 i3 l& {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)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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