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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 family doctor to discuss the problem.
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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,
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R; S2 d- d) a1 x2 Ygo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."- y& c- J1 \. ~5 o0 s
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the; G. I# v7 J# |0 e4 Q8 D$ ?5 B
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."2 O) c) G* [4 p! S2 ?" J1 {! F
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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4 W9 i. E# u# n- \2 @5 M) iNo response.3 u+ }, Z9 s; s% ^" d
/ X! h5 Z$ }2 B! _& u$ {: u, zSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
s% D7 F; D/ [9 prepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"( R; b- C- C( Z. i* g) z
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' D. c# y0 t& |/ d6 nNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 z" ^& h/ J; Y
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 Y; s" }1 M3 u
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Again he gets no response.7 C- e6 p) |: @
" j9 c+ m% m7 \( l7 B+ DSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's F8 E8 I* Y2 r, k5 l
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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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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