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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 doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could7 s, F1 }% u$ O/ s7 O7 \! Q
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.2 t6 s7 u0 W) V$ [* j
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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3 _# w$ g& s3 B3 k/ |! f8 p! Pgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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$ o j: b) @! H* g! TThat 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
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, s! Y0 ` Z" r4 {Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife, U$ n' `- A- h: G1 W" k* X" n
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ F0 A5 q& |7 k% J/ q; y* M
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Again he gets no response.3 L7 l& _- e+ @2 D9 {
; i$ x2 P, ?+ @- v0 Q! r9 hSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 7 U2 z' Y; ?8 b' c
for dinner?" Again there is no response.& a* g8 A; s* u7 \
- f7 z" P& F. f& ^" {1 ZSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)
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: a: u9 V7 A, k3 f"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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