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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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7 U& e" m6 Z* jThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could1 W* \1 ^0 S+ v7 {2 v
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. _( `) ?! r& j$ w8 F
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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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7 I/ m& a' p/ F( J, Q+ ZThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
' L5 g) T, v0 L1 `' R0 nden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
! M3 ]0 D! n" x. `. F2 }( V4 rThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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+ H+ `! p- R& E5 O/ o% t3 _$ \So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Still no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife3 c& s+ N5 _2 A: f/ J0 T
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"$ N( u: D( t4 @2 b; l3 B3 x
7 A' K4 s4 {7 h% J+ c4 CAgain he gets no response.# `% c0 M: @: ^0 Q# Z3 V( T' g: f
9 Q' [ l) q) e. aSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 6 J" f$ @6 g3 q7 B2 R) M' |+ q
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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$ c: a( {4 s7 l/ b0 B. y"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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