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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought: ?+ _: C/ K& `; c, b6 y; W
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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( n8 O; K& `. Z7 RThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
8 r6 T6 L" {3 x2 I1 L1 [- eperform 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,
; m# u7 u8 y, A( k, y# B+ X" Aand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
" a% j1 l' n- S; x2 r Wgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."& _) P1 d! J" n. [) h
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the6 z: T5 S: Z% ?; {1 p( m
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
0 R) H' C# e( d( a1 x: kThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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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
9 _: ]) n% o; `# R9 W9 Jrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"; q4 R& v5 _3 }0 {* J
, E$ O* f0 r7 {7 ^Still no response.
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! \) f7 p& t2 J* t/ r/ ^Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
# F) u" y! ]: k- X: Y6 nand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 B2 r- v7 j. }
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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 , _- d- {1 w6 ^, N
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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9 o$ M/ n: a8 W' @% _: aSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)% @6 D/ ^4 L/ R7 h7 _
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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