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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.( O+ Z8 H# q' Y$ \8 R: t* u
) f8 Z V# G2 o# R2 s! l2 z0 lThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could8 j- h q3 d6 b1 \0 ]
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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; Y0 y$ ^; D7 I4 @( `6 V. D/ x3 DHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the" e/ @/ v3 p. _. n: b* g( Y
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
( ?: @9 F+ }, z& u/ J1 `2 EThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"6 E7 q% ]: [, A1 x
$ v% X9 N7 L. \: k. qNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and: a/ r& r+ q, n: ]8 W2 }$ E# E
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.2 o L, A, ?* ]6 ?4 W6 {
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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' C9 {+ m3 e' `% NAgain he gets no response.! |- o' e8 _$ _$ B4 Y& l
7 N' q+ U: d$ B4 Y9 A. U4 ASo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
5 Q* P! F8 q% o; ~for dinner?" Again there is no response.$ \, S+ \, N; W% d; u
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"" X4 Q* M# d& n+ d& I) d
d* @3 R& `4 K; u( E6 {* S(I just love this)" j: ~3 g) k! u/ o& A" }& N- q( f; {
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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