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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 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,6 K0 s' y9 |+ h1 G
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the$ Z W; [$ t ]+ V! y- B* P
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
* E h8 Y( g: K O8 WThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" U5 [1 G e( b
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No response.# X0 B1 M2 V; O/ a) g! Q0 B( Y' r
1 ^) A/ j) F0 z; @( ^% W0 K% Z' a0 LSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
; Y% C. U9 l$ O8 a* x( C8 Crepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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" q, s' t8 _+ r& t+ v# v+ ?Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife: M) h4 s7 U z# S; z% d
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% O6 W- [, f. i. j# h7 R
$ p, I Y2 e( l. W2 ^/ p9 BAgain he gets no response.
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- j2 H0 }. }5 t1 rSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: z& z1 [! n5 d6 o# N" U(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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