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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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' H6 y( v6 w5 p+ r$ E' E) Bthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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) b, \( w) f8 T9 v" `The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could1 _" C- ~( v1 c
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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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.": p) w, i8 W K7 f* h
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the1 Y7 G) c4 i3 x1 l2 V8 o0 u: `6 q
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."7 ^& g, }8 N' Q- ^8 m& {. T" f: H
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.! m7 ?; u5 }4 v& W E
9 E8 [6 T |( `2 D3 v3 v; Q5 cSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
! j8 R; x& R2 b- Y% Mrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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# e. K7 g8 E" I5 aStill no response.
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e' {7 I3 A! O2 H9 fNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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% v4 V( Z5 w) D7 G% iSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's L% H: X: Z; c; k& x
for dinner?" Again there is no response.) p" Z7 m% X5 H0 U5 F4 h' e' g
" M' ]3 c- a) @9 K- B: xSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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2 Z9 [9 L! w* v7 {/ l"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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