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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 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,
& _* y7 N, k& j* S' l' W4 cand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
) q, _4 p6 i u% ]! W# F/ ~9 p; xgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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0 o8 k* B3 J1 D" ^# bThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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( G. ]3 Q9 ^9 I: g ~Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"4 ~ ]( L' k0 W! H2 W
4 T% r+ v2 F0 H+ gNo response.) f/ ~6 W; i: l; `7 u5 ~ a
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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; D' L3 c' W1 T2 h/ l: c7 z/ }5 cStill no response.( ]. T% N4 l# l2 V+ E1 c( s
$ A% P. ?, Y' J( Q6 A0 oNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife. ]2 w+ E4 {; e- ]$ L1 x2 f
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: Q( O8 G( ?* e% ?; n6 W' qAgain he gets no response.
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# G- B% \& G- ?$ S5 dSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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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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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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