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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." ] s% D5 p9 G
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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/ u/ ?* u }5 s; }% \- wHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,# ~/ X& v- j' P5 y3 n# ^. C
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
: n) @7 ]! q% p' qgo 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?"9 F8 X h6 L* q2 X: E/ R# Q$ y
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No response.& B/ c- @1 a! |( X( {0 d& `
, R ]/ M O# K6 E' Y2 [8 \So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
+ H' h$ r9 L$ e. x7 J; ]0 Y1 X3 Xrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ Y0 i7 G. c/ b: c
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
# a- o" {7 V# t0 |6 c8 Hand asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 }) u- |) l2 x& U( P5 b2 ?
) B% C \, E# }Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ( o3 [7 y1 [5 a
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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4 g/ ?: Y6 e+ \3 W4 C: l7 iSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ `' m* T" j# f+ C C& y
! o0 P8 Z8 k0 `) Q, j/ t' t6 v. b, @(I just love this)
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4 w& t9 { f1 F2 K7 m) v"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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