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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought5 u- K( p/ t( W$ @) `+ k
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called+ a. p5 A$ U0 C. B: H
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could: B( A" V- | Q* J1 g) A6 Q& W
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.# m8 T* b. [, i, Y
9 v; D& g0 J' R9 e) JHere'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."7 v+ K2 n' C) ^! T0 o9 j8 }& R
; J. T$ v6 ^2 xThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the C) F e; z7 p
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
" N0 a, E# }" U9 QThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"3 B4 ~6 V, h, B% o' ~' q& d
# a e* W6 N7 U/ B4 q# _No response.' t# Z( j: ?* K
# {6 K. I2 {, RSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
+ `% X8 q6 Q% n' Xrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# x3 f3 N: L9 N: t( w, C
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Still no response.
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, a: b4 r! J: g1 Q) F8 I! Z7 @Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
% |/ r; V3 O$ c$ | g* i) Wand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?". t2 i8 a% Y' w1 r% W j8 l
! u- h: f) u: g6 c1 E7 eAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 2 I* K% X! x, q" }- e
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"+ n" _# v/ p; ~. i& e; h
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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