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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.- J) D1 g: l' u+ e; c% b
0 p6 ~/ j1 K5 y# E# V3 a$ z$ IThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could$ W2 ]1 `$ l% G6 ?
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.) Q6 C/ L& w7 w
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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- w; t$ U& u, z7 }! a& H" Cgo 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
% i- e+ B* F8 l wden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
/ @5 Q. `/ \1 Q: g: AThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"# P0 u; C) E/ a, Q
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No response.
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8 t6 v& D: ~$ |+ H8 xSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and2 A) j* H' _5 p# c* ~, u9 W7 A
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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3 V- c# n% y0 r9 _Still no response.
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7 f/ P' j2 h @5 u. |Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife. Z) Z- g2 J" I5 v. \- z5 |- w8 i. T
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"7 Y7 R' c0 e" A7 b7 m
5 ^3 w8 W) h# lAgain he gets no response.5 f6 q+ t5 T- d; {
/ c1 i4 \& B0 L5 F |So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's - f" C% x4 \$ K7 n7 y
for dinner?" Again there is no response.. c4 S! ` W& \9 Q- ^
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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8 S2 E- n S5 `# [5 J3 z8 {"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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