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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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' Y4 a. e8 _" w1 K$ Y- wThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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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.") `# i/ P2 x$ h3 ~9 @' R
2 n5 j& Y4 T+ `That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the/ m3 b" ~& M L8 L2 w! `* u- M
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."' `+ V. k! f2 S3 J' u9 m
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"5 E( P: ~* E2 T- v
) E) [0 w9 K7 R! m! k9 JNo response.0 a# u0 C E: t% a, L
]/ v* R3 S2 X* S$ a; E+ i# p7 |8 vSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
* v" E! d5 t" O, b+ y+ Brepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"# c o& S& n2 N5 M
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Still no response.
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! U* Q0 a0 e3 O, aNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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2 J9 }4 Z m4 j+ qAgain he gets no response. p/ ~# @" @ j6 L
. N: O1 h& s/ k6 t; h/ a: _So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
/ R, K% N, T+ q) a# r3 Jfor dinner?" Again there is no response.: ?, I3 x, ^$ _& u
/ O O" N% }2 p2 h9 KSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"9 ]+ Z% o: s5 V
* K- M8 ?% o3 @4 {7 Z/ T(I just love this)
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+ E/ N! y/ Z9 \/ S5 n/ W9 ["Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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