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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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1 | r8 a2 j. Q' T3 tThe 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,# o- @4 R" a+ j8 h: A
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
$ A3 ^) a/ G2 Ugo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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. @+ E* M6 C, EThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the' J+ L% e- O7 t
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.": V, O0 r' p' M
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"% O" v. |1 q; p; a$ r
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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/ H( n: `/ M8 y; _$ G6 L8 m: f5 t
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% x; W" U# ~: f0 g7 q' W8 I: t
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Still no response." y* p6 d* O1 C( `
. G7 O4 B. `3 E; i$ ANext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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5 q9 `9 h c4 P2 B HAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
3 V: c0 h& X- x( u3 Vfor 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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7 X3 W1 g' a Q"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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