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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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/ _* A9 u/ f# O0 JThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
Y- e- a6 p+ T& l; A. lperform 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."" O f$ G0 ~ H* M
5 Q2 f6 _. X# C) o9 [+ D7 RThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the8 _2 e* {- y- ~5 u1 V
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."3 N2 _5 ^& M* N2 B0 d. W0 M
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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* } ~0 u, C# W$ TSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and4 K2 y. k c; F6 t3 N! V3 V
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* L; v6 l: Z2 L# c
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Still no response., m+ y/ {5 Q( u! P; X/ B$ x. @. B4 i: `
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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( a; a9 E h% @% e8 M, lAgain he gets no response.
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5 I! n( k+ R5 D1 w; WSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 2 E6 ]7 C6 X* A$ k: f
for dinner?" Again there is no response.- u: m3 \ y; F
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 E7 h1 j% f& Y: \, a( g
+ M+ V- L- L p/ J(I just love this)
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' e, k: A- l0 ~, G"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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