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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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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% ` E0 L& q9 ~# |& T" v2 k" {
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
% A2 m) \- k" mThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.2 ~4 g% `/ T7 r7 |& y6 Y
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and7 k7 M+ b/ p' K0 R# E" ^4 p6 H6 M K
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 [# k) F3 Q; i1 ^Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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; z, t% Y6 g* O: y9 sAgain he gets no response.
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6 j2 Y3 m8 I4 y4 JSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 2 w. ^& P% o' i% A
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"# m9 k3 P6 c/ i7 ?4 ?# m% p
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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