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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.$ s. t2 |) [- L. n
& C, L/ L2 @1 z+ x, MThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
! U4 z; ?* F$ S" \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,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"+ W( f. R$ C+ C
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No response.- i1 l7 F- t; ]1 }3 X
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and2 o8 S8 q9 e$ j( O& a ~) M' N! C
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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6 g0 c: `1 o, P' \3 _/ TStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife. }8 ~, C% j1 T2 Z3 V0 J
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 d( p* G& {$ B0 X! B
! ]1 N4 f1 q" W1 O+ QAgain he gets no response.
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/ \4 k# R3 b, f& D K# uSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's , \4 \# I: @( h( l$ C/ |
for dinner?" Again there is no response.2 {% ?' c2 v) H1 q* O& u0 Q
. U0 W& i( d1 G0 [' o3 Z' BSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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