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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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. t4 X8 ?" K) U3 b1 ?% b \The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could r# w7 l* d, G3 m. j& X/ ^; b
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."
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# R: l4 y( ?* t; Y9 `8 R/ M i3 iThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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1 S7 |1 A- ~1 j2 T* Q {8 CThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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9 ]- s1 w, t, D- B2 BNo response.
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5 }6 Q1 z; Z$ W# q' A2 x3 TSo 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 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
# a6 K1 |) B2 j2 f( x" c. p+ Yfor dinner?" Again there is no response.6 D m9 J% G" X7 k* e: q0 W5 X
4 L" _ J U4 v$ W- _So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 U. \' z$ W& o! y. Z) u9 D: j
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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