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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought& e$ f0 l6 C' F
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could, h, |4 l, _9 \) @+ C. @8 C. J
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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! v- @' m' I) O5 d% pHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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) m" z5 o/ @2 u. N' zgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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3 b, j1 p8 |- [That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
7 e; B6 ?# k7 |8 m9 {den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
. N) D7 k$ _4 w7 lThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"/ {( T' @; `# N! y7 v' j: S) b4 A
& ?. {. G) H; VNo response. V6 d" j, y9 i
/ b+ _9 u7 j6 F& r' C" s. j9 mSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
/ ]( W8 Y1 k0 D2 S; Arepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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1 I1 h* |% \/ }8 N8 T& A5 R. DStill no response.. k0 H) G2 {, S/ }6 @/ d# `* N
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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" f5 [5 R) E7 x9 G" KAgain he gets no response.
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4 z% f! E1 B" j9 lSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 0 ?* W! Y$ q1 D Y+ K% I( V3 Y
for dinner?" Again there is no response. L9 _( c" P/ k
/ |6 E; j5 U. _, |( F" ^5 W, ~8 X* WSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"; c2 W# }" P0 o* G! G* U( P
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(I just love this)
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! Q& |* t1 w- V' j0 `7 r2 p! A, w8 r"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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