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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,
4 K, A r4 e1 i4 }& Cand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,3 t) d# T, Z) [+ [( l! H1 ^
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."2 w# X, \8 ~$ Q& z `! Y
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the7 N# I& E2 S& S( t& j2 J7 G: u1 \4 @' ]
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
% Z$ O9 a0 i) w" @6 ` VThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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6 w( h" R6 I. F" tNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Still no response.
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+ g P: X9 }$ z9 A2 t, ?$ C1 uNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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8 g8 T# f5 C& ^2 O) ]Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 7 c% j5 R) h5 w
for dinner?" Again there is no response.$ a' Y1 x& p( R9 }7 [
4 N2 d; Y h# D/ M1 kSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"* ]4 B* Z" k2 u: X) F. N
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(I just love this)
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7 a0 T4 a0 z; m"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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