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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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7 L4 {" q5 E0 q' Z$ B; h1 `6 FThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could2 a7 @& [" d6 K8 w, x' { d: j& ^8 S
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( e" F, P. X7 \& z H1 B- l5 @Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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go 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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, m" o; C' y4 jThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"7 i- ^* F1 W( S& H) {! P* j8 A
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Still no response.
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5 N0 V* e/ s- H9 g2 \Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife! F' J# D/ A/ s: r2 A
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Again he gets no response.
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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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