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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
; ^' |( [) @0 \; _) U) E0 C1 z' Hshe 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: k, Z% X9 W! E
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,+ \% E4 m- ?8 f* n; Y' i r7 i; F
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,( O' m. {, [* q/ Y
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.": d8 A% t" i1 u$ E
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
, E8 y9 |0 V5 m' j- U' Eden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.". O- ^: `+ C4 {8 V, {' H0 B( F
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"% @! h) Q6 {8 L- V% N: \2 f
0 p8 s( e- s2 i1 `& B! l- lNo response.) M% P1 X1 e" D' d# s/ V4 t
1 A3 p. A9 f3 {) x9 S3 m( g7 x4 w4 eSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and1 g( h0 {- p, E3 E, F6 M$ y+ K
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"" |$ s. P( J S, z ]' q
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Still no response.) S, H% i! R6 p" S
/ C& q; v' ?: [. CNext 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 : v4 n6 C+ ?7 C) N8 \5 w2 U
for dinner?" Again there is no response.) Y/ X* R: ]- m: z
& f" E% G; ?" W: C: X4 I8 K: CSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: ^: s1 [1 Y7 c K: z; I7 B4 r(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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