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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought0 l% [- R6 A$ ~/ F1 d' s9 ^
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
, r% S+ j9 y9 p9 n, p( F# { cthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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8 i8 \2 s( A% G9 n y0 {0 O+ {The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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2 e' W4 h- }6 X2 CHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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5 F0 Q& v& k4 }" i" l5 i4 F5 rThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the6 `4 C6 w6 _: M! F: s! d2 B* A6 H1 @
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
' b8 G5 A8 @% ^5 G; KThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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; G- ]8 Y+ s& L7 b8 c6 a6 d+ F' jSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and6 n) Z' ^2 x; a: ~: _5 L2 v: ~8 s: _
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' |" I, a! t9 _, K
1 S+ d) W, z7 L8 n$ h1 XStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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* h+ D$ C {1 u0 L) ~* l' _Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ; W3 b, E5 \3 `0 a8 R1 v
for dinner?" Again there is no response.) {$ Q3 n' L9 x a) X
9 \! [; w! R, |- X2 L- W( q! hSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 k7 A9 H; ?; }' v6 O
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(I just love this)
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6 t" o& {/ z6 ~2 x( t, }9 r"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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