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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.+ q% \& o$ ~! J& B1 ]) G/ g
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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# ]3 h- O, U3 _' N; R: YHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,: X: A H6 C& [/ g& ^5 p- o7 O
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
; B/ \* z) @' U+ x9 C7 S# kgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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1 |% G7 x3 z/ ^! g+ OThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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4 _! }! D* m: BThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"3 H& i2 x5 E1 I+ l& H& j. ^
% `5 d2 D+ L- l9 X, Y BNo response.) U+ j# Z3 ^. p1 \3 L1 B; J$ ?
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and3 b: X9 Z) A' [( n
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 Z& j1 u- k3 Y
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Still no response.! k7 Z3 f2 [, k5 f! v0 H9 L# o
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.% @8 z; p4 h8 o2 H
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ' E8 j, X% `- s" V1 X3 j
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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* B7 ]( z0 P7 k; q4 \0 k(I just love this)
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# L W5 l, R, y. s) I- L"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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