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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought7 X. I L* W- J
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called E4 N8 \: U4 X" A% |& R
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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1 ]: z1 q: B5 }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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F) C% e3 X5 L: L' kgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.", d+ O2 ^# n; a6 ^9 T
6 C7 Z; |' E! p u2 ]- ^That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
' V) G# h, f) Jden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."3 m+ ~& T ]: e! \) \6 O- w# P
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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7 N7 D1 W, @$ tSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and: p- p( w: W0 y* W9 E5 C9 v( O6 Q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"( n6 p3 m, z3 T3 R4 p5 ~. Q
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
1 D5 ^ U3 z# ~1 g# p+ \$ Zand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' Z C9 a/ Q8 u0 b7 ~! G
( ~" u) R, {( O% \7 e/ QAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's # W4 `+ V4 p. m/ U' G2 q
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"% w. b+ O) X1 t3 L! B, y
4 g8 Q, p4 l$ R# V4 d7 W' k(I just love this)/ a: N# ~8 k' C4 S( s
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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