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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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- N% B' D+ \. {* m$ @$ vThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could/ s2 d) h4 B C. ?
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.1 L+ G/ Y' {: u) O: R* U& b; J- N) N
2 N7 H( v6 u9 |0 rHere'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.": Q0 W H- M( g
6 `3 T& q1 Q8 T9 G* D) B+ y2 NThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the& Z: s. i- B: Q+ D: e4 \5 W' S4 N
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."" U5 C* c2 \- u s9 k4 w1 v q o
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"7 ^& s+ S% |1 ~) } u! q
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No response.
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) a. `3 S. S/ nSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and" j- `: I- |3 B% N8 b
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"" H: ~, S5 P0 t% W; K# D) _
( L+ ?. T. b! ?; LStill no response.# e) L3 a8 f$ x( F1 b6 b/ r9 n
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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& g# c! u8 |9 ~, MAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's # c$ y4 z! W; D' W; g% I
for dinner?" Again there is no response.9 n! h. t; b1 n v d7 x
- _" O* d9 R% F" o7 b5 r5 hSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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/ m2 |# ?5 |; I0 H1 i( `"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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