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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 could
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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; t8 n8 y C G7 dgo 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 the2 G' r, W4 }3 D1 y9 \
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
, J; p2 t, f; f# t4 DThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"8 o7 G8 A' d6 L
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No response.
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* X( L8 p& J* ^: i8 ASo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and, e$ s: m! [& y6 r
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.5 ?+ |- z; r+ n# ~3 |. T- c: d( E
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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2 h8 j0 Q# p: C1 ~Again he gets no response.: u9 e( Z' d& p6 X
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 3 F3 B y: q% a( P
for dinner?" Again there is no response.% Y/ ]/ w0 Y/ z2 x9 M3 E
7 T6 O& J9 I3 b0 L5 E" e' a# \8 \So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"- b( v1 w! o9 q5 y
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(I just love this)3 |/ Y5 C5 t5 c1 z/ t1 `( h l! E
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0 f3 m+ a1 Z2 U5 b, {"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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