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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought: L R9 d5 K- B2 ]2 {
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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$ ]' u, p: G2 v, ?1 [% xHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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1 M3 k4 B* [/ @go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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* S* {7 k" K! A2 |/ _That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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: k% S$ H, e# U QThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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/ n* N, W/ {: F' ?. FNo response.
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$ l5 @! j; D+ N4 w# _& R+ VSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and8 S: G* y3 k6 n& e& P) w/ y
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.! ^: g0 |1 h7 b" M4 b* }3 D
0 ~, n; r3 e. h/ ]Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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/ D/ z0 I6 k3 `# Y) YAgain he gets no response.
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( e8 o) j# T8 B1 iSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
- L6 Y" ^9 Q& m2 f% a! I1 Tfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 V/ w' v( Z: F& q1 L9 H
# J" Q. T: Z1 z, _0 T(I just love this)* |; S1 S& D: `1 E) V+ ~* K7 C4 |
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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