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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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6 H+ `; t. R% ?. }* ^$ Y! Uthe family doctor to discuss the problem.
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2 w7 ~! v. o1 o9 B) lThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
; ~# D& n: M4 s1 r# k" d e$ x3 M8 gperform 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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, A4 [" v1 `* u8 Ago to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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( E& V3 h- L: y% X X; d$ I, C, zThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the) Q M0 _+ k+ k4 t$ [# D t
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
2 l2 n# T: d/ Y, UThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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: K9 m2 k5 I0 LSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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- B% C5 V8 ? a- Q( H. lStill 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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9 I) w* y% z y7 P" @( ]5 n8 CAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 0 q ~1 r; ^! A" ~3 y; g
for dinner?" Again there is no response. D ]* `" ?" ]; u, v
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)* O! j* N/ \" L! x4 B
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4 v9 G. }3 P& k5 p"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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