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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
& C& o5 V) a% N% uperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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+ h. | ^( ^# Y/ S. x1 V' k/ m. K* HHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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' r& A: ^7 a( t* n6 mThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the# Z" T% c* m0 j' C" f
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
8 Y) p% a/ }5 j4 N a7 EThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"" k0 a3 x* _. p0 n1 n: b" g2 d _$ W
) g2 D8 v0 R/ ?4 M' {" r0 N- oNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and, v3 Q/ H* I5 A/ J
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.- D0 b. [' A/ G; t a1 E8 _
; j6 J( \& T3 n: ~! E1 E, DNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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9 ^7 f+ C+ X# v4 n( b2 ]So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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! G) r. y ^, h" Y6 LSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"& `2 Z5 I7 m7 ~& {
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(I just love this)
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* D) c$ Q" g- R% H"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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