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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.' r. b9 I5 }$ G( y. [1 J( m
, C; [! R9 ~; `" U5 aThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could% ^9 J" z4 ~2 z
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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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."( W& \4 \, ]( D5 d6 K
1 N. W8 c. H( J% j: z/ AThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the+ y3 s* a8 q' R
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
5 M {# U* Q/ N/ F# x0 ~( nThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?") U/ }: K+ @( ]3 w: G# f
% O9 M$ q0 Z9 a+ r7 r lNo response.( h3 B( J1 H' l, T- D) X9 ?: a5 @
" u D7 \ u4 kSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and( u8 n* ?' T5 S% l
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"" _* ]' l; K% r- f2 o) [
+ s, c G& v4 O3 o" r# GStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife' [- p" N* Y3 h, y
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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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
9 M4 D N6 ]0 A" ufor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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! f8 A! r3 Z' W; Y' pSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"6 |8 W% Y) u: f% K
/ x3 W7 P9 r6 @ _ B; r: T6 k% i(I just love this)
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- s- z, L. R' a"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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