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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought! z2 ~. e& ?# j* t
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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W4 v" N) Y1 cThe 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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: M" C' i# ?7 ?1 n7 cThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the7 v0 I, P4 s, r6 X1 |/ k
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
- l; ~0 L: n7 V ~6 P `+ DThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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v- M+ F8 {& ^' C- g. A- |2 {$ sNo response.( ^9 M2 {" K5 x. r" e- u
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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3 |' O: |: C* dStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 m5 C ]$ F" A6 S) Q( G
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"( m: P6 M" i% O. i
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Again he gets no response.6 h' }; v6 R2 `; J7 {4 R5 X5 F
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
2 ?6 t4 s) @% J1 l2 Ufor dinner?" Again there is no response./ q2 a) w a1 n3 ?
" K3 L2 F' v3 ]+ p% a' VSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"# }2 q4 S6 [$ D
& |% i2 ]7 v# D(I just love this): X9 U' F& K1 ]5 }2 R5 Z
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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