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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought+ \, w t/ a; t- ?
she 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
1 M2 ^+ y6 T7 F" P( nperform 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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+ ~9 S" n# l$ O2 \4 y& QThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
% \2 \* q- t# D/ ]den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
, h5 b$ M" A9 e% yThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"% t4 x* d+ w) y
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No response.1 }! |) K+ v4 C+ |1 J$ G1 T9 h) s
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and' H# s+ ] S* X8 g9 b9 B/ t
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.8 Y3 a; G' A8 Z* o" f+ ~) ]
& C' \6 L* n" E) Q' x! pNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife# t8 }* A! s6 y6 }
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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+ v7 C/ Q6 k1 k$ G" ZAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's . J+ _& V0 H' c
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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* u S. s) u6 Z0 t) \1 uSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ R! C, X5 F0 v a( p& b- E: A
% D& V3 \0 ?1 S+ ?4 V* }9 O4 _(I just love this)6 |) y& q f$ H2 C. i4 P2 `
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- P H* I7 l& {1 {"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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