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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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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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2 Z" c! ?7 l% S& B3 K7 c$ L; yHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
) I) |+ [8 c$ O2 p4 sand in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
% S" s/ z3 w8 n1 }: o0 q$ Ggo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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+ A" F) d: `' f. gThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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- o3 Q: Y) |4 z s0 x2 P, n! s4 [Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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0 o0 Y, L" v% P9 J0 d5 ONo response.
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7 ?" W# ^6 m# I j; NSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
! |4 s7 Y0 V$ o$ v: Q/ M0 Prepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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) Z0 H; B4 F9 e7 aStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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5 k# u& x0 T( Q f- N% fAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's . Z1 }- _) y" I! g$ t; x
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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(I just love this). \+ K; E( l' M! s- ?
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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