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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
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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."+ J* C) `' \4 ?" E( q
8 j3 j! @& v& D0 @That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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) E! _9 C+ \# P6 Z8 `. _Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"# |9 D" o0 F, i J
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No response.
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2 r# e. F" ?0 u8 ]So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and6 H9 ^1 e: r% o8 a6 R% h
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 N# Q# w9 W4 R1 u8 C
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6 ^4 [9 d% D# S h2 tNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife: d+ S! }9 }# q: Y+ }; _9 P0 b
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's . F, L* o' \) v6 B6 G. m0 ]6 [$ j/ ?
for dinner?" Again there is no response.# @ `- c" _* i3 I5 ^6 G6 k" D
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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4 ?" ]: P6 d z# ~"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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