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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
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Here'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& P" j2 t2 f" ~& n& ]6 g( C h
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
$ k7 o! J- x+ v! ?0 iThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.5 r! R0 O4 @; _ q1 G+ U
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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7 S9 \) w5 O$ y4 [" F1 m/ f* G3 PNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
[0 Z5 N! F* ~; w& Oand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?", Q/ X a* o; Z @. @5 k; V
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 2 c5 b" L# ^) C" n3 i4 b7 K1 {
for dinner?" Again there is no response.: k+ u9 t8 e+ V3 O2 |2 _/ K. L" a3 S
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?") r! y" E: q9 i
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(I just love this)
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x( @3 S, P) ?4 F4 ]"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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