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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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2 c% S; v" X- j" p$ F- q8 XThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
6 D9 F( |! c/ G d4 N, \perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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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."8 A) [( D, A: E
4 B% ? k: r. hThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the3 O9 a/ H9 Y9 U+ G y( G0 x1 j# [
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
: T" f I( @2 {; v' d/ ^) aThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?": g3 N' x9 k1 @* q# s# @/ D* u" [
& \+ {/ t/ y' O. W0 t5 e' b0 _( L( iNo response.
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U% Z6 F4 N( w8 s: n& ~1 SSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and' Q; `; E$ b/ |
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 G" T% ?3 g! f8 J! JStill no response.$ i" \1 |: F8 \# D
$ n; Y) Q. t/ p2 G p# aNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 R- o; A6 D9 \# ?1 c8 W- s
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ b& O7 |4 I8 @6 d
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Again he gets no response.9 _0 T, c! q( N: P5 v: ^7 W
' f* a( R1 f) y' e n% n x# qSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
' x9 U) X! K) u/ r* T0 ^6 A1 Vfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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; O, ~# q$ c" X( f; T, CSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this). |7 f' J* c" V- \( w9 Z- g4 Z
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# E, Z, P7 Q* M; F"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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