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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
. I/ @3 s2 ]) hshe might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
7 l1 X4 j: t3 @; d' X6 y" Jthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
1 {4 x+ S/ b' E+ Z _perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.7 Q& r/ J: N( {' ~$ p2 v
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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."& {7 t; ]! u9 g" Q" ?/ F4 o. N5 M
* v9 }( E6 t BThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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5 m' m4 t- Q$ }3 VThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"1 q& _0 w( u- O/ _0 h
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No response.
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, d( x! A+ e) s1 ISo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and4 [' H. c4 \" A
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 L9 l" q6 e8 n( i; Y- v
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife! I9 D6 h# V% w$ y; L6 b: k7 C$ p
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"+ |/ i8 l4 C2 C
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Again he gets no response.' X$ y8 Y( ]. s! }: s/ |
7 g2 [; n, e* L( CSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 5 E& i$ a9 b* I6 K. Y
for dinner?" Again there is no response.6 _. M% E6 M& m4 s3 H
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"& S2 V% w& \' q; N: D6 N
% d2 [' Q& h y/ E7 X5 T, W(I just love this)
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3 U; O) b4 U8 _* R" q# T, l"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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