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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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; X: o, B# R P* x6 L2 i0 }The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could& ]! c+ X+ _1 y. f; N
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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* B4 T( f# G& N2 S" Z) ]3 `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."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the+ q) t5 A' s/ P8 Y) H
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."/ J+ @/ L' H; ]# R& x
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"8 n- B/ a( w2 ]6 d3 K
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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( a8 n9 z, L6 Z, f; \9 J& R7 O, XStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife7 |9 K0 M- `8 ?3 ~) z
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 T1 R. g% \# y+ j( ]
% L' a8 w8 A p6 N5 h4 b. d; cAgain he gets no response.
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/ O5 w ?" Q" F1 ?So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's E: i! C* d$ d( v% c& `1 l% r* c
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)' F/ f- z) ?6 y% ]
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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