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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.+ V3 m+ T$ Q! k6 E# P
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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- Y5 }. O/ ?. t; p# f5 b3 ]Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
8 {1 q2 q: W- P( f) W5 X" U" I' Pand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
" \& S& v2 X) P& D" `go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."' j5 S( K$ Y$ }! ?
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the* t4 A# ]% O1 v; b% v+ ~
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
8 s) F, ^: a2 T: o1 F- DThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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; L) i6 A( F* n" a; Z. TSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
( @1 G4 P" i. q: o5 A p, H- Rrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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$ o- T8 k$ Y7 m9 K! ^Still no response.
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) W9 N6 `/ b3 f/ u4 f! p5 [7 WNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife# e" O* l6 _2 B9 m7 w
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"' \* g+ ]) E7 B) q
% b/ ^# @: y. u8 R, E2 k) B4 q; iAgain he gets no response.8 H6 i; T* d- W2 W
0 M8 S$ O& N0 \/ ]So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
$ D0 s' e, K' O( Z& M x3 Tfor dinner?" Again there is no response.6 K9 b9 Q e4 m% i; C7 T
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)5 W! D, I3 C9 x- U5 u/ Z- O/ C% o
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% s# ?9 U0 M; b1 Q) P. c6 D# F"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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