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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 doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
5 d1 T8 H% t& z4 A% Dperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.& L4 a, C" c: R+ u
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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* K5 r/ e" }! L+ ago to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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8 f4 P5 G" e) s, I% {% oThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the q* }* S1 I, Q
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
) b& ?8 a4 Y9 T, L, h# ^$ yThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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4 A7 o& A& v: [9 m3 }3 v* }. ZNo response.1 L& ]) F7 Y+ b a0 x; N
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ _5 f! |. Z- s
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ `$ z0 J# k% T' _) p/ Z9 K- M
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Still no response.
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$ \ a7 ? {9 U1 T% O! n q# j0 INext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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! W1 z! I6 w2 Y6 ?Again he gets no response.- T5 [# N1 ^7 P9 C" \/ @% l+ d
d0 F2 U$ H1 p( T# Q0 r( PSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ( I$ W5 G* E. W$ N, s" E8 T
for dinner?" Again there is no response.0 B; N+ e( P! O
6 w% k" g# q+ ^: F8 O0 ASo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 f0 k" L D- J+ P
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(I just love this)% \# S% W) V- K/ D) a2 V, Y
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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