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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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1 L% E Y% o+ y# s! P) Tthe family doctor to discuss the problem.3 D) s$ x' m& D/ j9 ^, V/ E7 n
* ?4 q5 {- d, i* ^: PThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
# `8 D2 ]- ~, ?3 \: Y, Jperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss./ m9 B. R4 T% V' \
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
! [ m+ T; R2 `( W" k( r6 Tand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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That 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?"2 L9 ]5 }: a# C2 N% T# D
" U8 T3 ?; [9 m G2 C8 K0 ]0 d) K# MNo response.
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2 P- \) U# Z, Z* P: u, i5 K6 ISo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and6 Z# L. I) }' r; E. I8 G; J2 I
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* g. Y# Y6 n% h3 c1 j5 x
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Still no response.2 A4 [8 j" {# v$ B+ r G* @3 M
0 H! h+ k, h; I+ J+ XNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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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 . L- {5 c: N4 Y) T2 \/ q
for dinner?" Again there is no response.! c5 S0 J1 Q8 L1 v {
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 U( |; q( Z( w2 f' y# W
4 D5 D8 c7 c" V# E. J: B(I just love this)! o$ [) c/ I W9 k$ q* i" B3 H
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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