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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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m1 P) M! y4 @6 g. b" Y* NHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,1 p/ @! w3 N3 _" }" ?
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
8 y! k) Y1 `5 e; fgo 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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4 N# E/ T( X, ~8 L' j4 XThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ E6 {) I# I8 f
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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9 @9 T; D7 @5 ]& Z6 J7 NStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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' L% n# A5 v1 @; ?1 J' t" [9 oAgain he gets no response.$ r; u* R, {$ D7 _8 B; ?
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"* r% u" k( e) y/ S
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' |+ [( P" A6 K- u: f"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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