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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought$ q, W; ?# l6 d* l9 Q
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
9 w5 x* a' @6 h5 k. ]the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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( Q( c" k* A) u# W+ ZThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could/ g b7 C, g+ Q) W4 m( I& ^+ E( Z
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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! D- j/ d$ `: P: b1 {" vHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
- n( k0 L Q2 D, C( nand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,) Y. J7 i% N5 Y( d2 Q; @
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.". a3 ^$ l; s1 E( k7 h% Y; N
! A& j. K* L" g1 _0 rThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the* Z3 B/ ~% P* l5 F
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
6 J! P) a& A( j4 n$ NThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"$ p, K1 y5 Z0 B8 P1 [0 S
" O7 d- r' y# pNo response.' `4 G* h; ~% [ K
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and( b! d7 ?* `6 J& N- f
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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( d8 _; i" s& m: Q; j3 I# G% d6 WStill no response.# J9 O1 E# P+ c3 v; b2 E
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife* L& W: G. l7 K1 J( j, X
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.! J1 ?' T% E# H2 `2 ?( z
* C) o" I/ K; bSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
6 p7 ^: d) r( V. i* L. ?for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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# s8 a4 ^ p; {So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"! w4 \5 S; Q8 C6 p
) {& S- S6 T( U6 l# }2 j7 i(I just love this)
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9 w. m: H8 x0 b% D0 B7 W"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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