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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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3 H; k O1 Z2 T( jthe family doctor to discuss the problem.1 h& k& e+ S5 X$ D) l& w
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
: Z( B, a. D: n1 ]0 I+ G, [perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.7 v. v2 n# g6 _4 i5 f
0 A4 D' s1 q! P' s& B3 ^( \$ a6 CHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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$ T$ B8 K' |# k5 _! rgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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) c" q0 W3 j/ t& M0 BThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the. I; W3 D7 ? b
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
8 i3 [/ i, N; ~# e2 j1 m; \/ OThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?": m0 W4 _! l4 @# E4 g e
: d9 I9 t/ Q9 c( @1 n6 _No response.
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1 y; v* ]' _" ESo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
! e& ?* w9 P; H4 B& E% W' x/ Srepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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+ Q9 e& w6 C% t/ z4 Z3 N7 }Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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& I+ \1 C' U5 M, @: N/ gAgain he gets no response.$ u4 B* S( x6 S( _% F
0 x- O3 d8 {. k' uSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ( Y; W0 w/ n1 y. R
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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2 T# d9 E! e0 v/ GSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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