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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought% y5 s$ R8 z9 u/ B
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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3 m! `9 F- D, F/ S' W/ sThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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9 ?+ D h$ Y$ T8 ^% @' _ R; W3 a& | RHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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7 m' m/ }. z2 W6 Z) Y9 G9 r, _8 tgo 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
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and% }8 o$ h$ D+ y; n6 s! T% |: q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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# G* @2 `4 f: K% L2 n8 V8 ?Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife) E4 i3 R1 X o; r8 s
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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: _; Q1 X: f S' A7 ]+ z* aAgain he gets no response.
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5 y+ [) F! h; @& KSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
7 ]1 t+ B9 y8 ufor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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4 c' b T0 R7 ]! P+ H( O$ o1 @$ BSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 m; U4 b5 X( O) z
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(I just love this)9 k5 d0 {* N& q/ G7 b5 i
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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