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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
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the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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- K$ g5 [: H% q* YThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could! X3 _( G' N3 Y4 U/ |! g2 n
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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1 ^1 U8 @7 G& F" x2 Y9 H, P( {Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,7 r% @- q% K9 h
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,# Q4 E3 W3 z5 p
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."7 V3 [: F/ P& N2 G+ i
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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4 Z# E! m! W- ~" X4 f6 FThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?". Y' B) t$ ~% b- a
. z; K) B2 L, H2 v; ~No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and8 d+ Y: ~* j6 d* r- ^
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# u8 ^, o: E$ }* F# d
; V% u) b, s# {5 }' TStill no response.9 ?, W7 n$ K* n$ t. J' S, O% g, ]; `
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife9 n# P5 m5 T; D+ A! p' }- d
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' q' Z$ d- R' f* L, W F
$ V& c* T" D3 h! Z/ s. h0 u6 iAgain he gets no response.4 t" b2 H# d* E
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
# K3 n: H u" W% }for dinner?" Again there is no response. A: c* {/ z+ y- @5 T
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"" ], n+ e8 y& U/ u. \7 @- x
5 u$ k6 ]# a5 {' x& b(I just love this). _7 W2 |' z$ |. X
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y$ d# K9 ?9 G, z. X; w"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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