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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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$ p7 l& `4 N0 j$ H0 G' @The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
5 ^: G# m) k* O" N( N! `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.". W8 [6 t- W- O Q$ V! B9 A
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the! U; F' q4 V" B7 k: H3 E# m, M
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."+ F2 b. K2 r+ W: ^
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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" ~ D- E9 e+ J& SSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
( A7 ^% q; [" F; k; z! @repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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1 G8 ]( O' Z; A4 O4 Y/ f* ENext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife5 P, \" n2 y5 N& p5 {
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.
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6 Z' w) ]9 Y$ gSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's $ Q1 ]: k2 b5 n, b e
for dinner?" Again there is no response.7 d# h! w1 e9 h4 d6 G
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"! }$ M1 K+ ^* K7 y
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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