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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 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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' m3 m& V# v! M4 J9 PThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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% l2 ^: o ~/ D- x2 vNo response.
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. e; y4 W) j( n3 ]So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Still no response.) k' |% C/ I$ M! I% e- O8 d+ t
+ X7 q/ a/ @- b7 m; ^) n- O KNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.; C# Z1 Y7 q' E5 j
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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?"5 n* t1 |: e, ~" m' }7 S6 |7 C$ P" a. W
2 L# ~% B7 D0 a. @9 N(I just love this)
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7 Z7 f: l, \6 M3 k# c"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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