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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought6 X1 W, b2 Z4 U
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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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,: I( T: S( k/ D8 V2 s, o+ }
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,/ R+ o- O$ Z# s: N3 |( D
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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3 K; R( h8 ?. HThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the$ ]: Y# i! Y& A' D) H
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."1 Q1 g) m4 s( i2 v; ]; d: z( o
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?") V4 O( k/ Z, B- G& X* S
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife6 F+ @0 P* y! p: \& U% P: J/ f
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 _) o7 J, j" {8 d9 ^$ x
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's " r+ O* {' v$ ^
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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/ H3 k+ n2 U" L% h! Z4 W& J; o; gSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 o, b' \/ w8 m& T% H- j(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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