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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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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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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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% J9 c" @+ Y% M: Z# ZThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the1 H% [: [- t9 E1 Y: f. \1 w2 S# }
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
2 V" S4 P X) F l! Q) vThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" R W$ {+ r$ O, u- `$ j, W
& o5 g5 a' n8 y i4 ~: J& xNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and0 |$ |( m% r8 H% ?* ^
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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6 R" j! p( o8 x" K+ vStill no response.3 K w# ?3 L a/ O- g
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife' i, p2 ?0 ?0 i& h5 ~% ?' j
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.# h" r* C( J/ l% [5 }
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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* Z4 Q+ Z6 D5 F2 T3 l* c5 pSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: h: z. D' t8 H6 |, s+ T(I just love this), m0 M+ O ^5 t! T, p8 K! D
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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