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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought& g0 J+ `" i* X, y5 v3 {$ B
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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2 a- f- }( M M1 ^! `The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 }4 b7 g0 z# ^; ^& p
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.& x0 g: o$ q4 x/ M. Y& ]
1 C5 E' q: x: b: X3 ]" S yHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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5 l9 |# N+ @* ]( F6 d Q+ b; }! Pgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."5 Z7 Z0 f9 R; ~
) p" V% l" i" e' n* A) \That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the: x( }5 r4 X, n% A$ {
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."" i! B' V& D8 y! h0 d
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.. @ a! g, |# Y# K9 N l. w0 y* W
8 `& P& [, [/ x: [% a8 iSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
! k" k* ?- D! W; B9 x; _repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?", s' v t# l7 f, K: M
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Still no response.9 O7 \- Y+ Y( e6 b
+ `8 E; t( c: Z2 U0 n) ~4 B' }. j1 YNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
) m3 ]; i( E0 y$ W1 [and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ \/ B1 B! L5 Q& l. | U0 z
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Again he gets no response.
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. ^& h/ Q5 ]$ V2 u9 sSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - X6 ?) w) v I
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ ]: V0 {" [1 n' R& V4 M
2 X" A$ [1 _$ o% h(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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