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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought; B7 ?0 G# a- x9 s( R5 Z
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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; C' o6 H( u5 l3 x3 RThe 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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' K; l9 U4 |, w. }5 }+ i1 mgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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& h2 x \8 G) E* q" b9 q- J3 cThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the5 D* N1 s/ i# M- Z9 ^3 R! S
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
% y, k/ D8 `8 K ~4 kThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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% o* q! M% ~5 p$ V* Z) b8 L8 iNo response.
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1 `/ d: m& {6 k8 I2 CSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and" ]( ], j$ n$ P" e/ \+ [7 [
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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0 o/ h4 C- f% Y( @" LNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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( V5 e7 a# `+ q- t' }5 zAgain he gets no response.
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8 H1 s5 L2 i( t( Q" ~( ESo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 6 I. ?4 }9 a( W
for dinner?" Again there is no response.# B2 X( d( M3 E7 R7 |8 P9 L
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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6 J( ]' ^7 |5 D g' y3 Z q( ~"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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