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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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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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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the0 O6 l K! T! w( n, J/ ~
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
+ Y1 Q! U: L" SThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"& e2 p# } q! p9 n" C3 I N: k6 E0 p
# j$ s& i' Q. INo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and- Z i5 e' X% h$ I" q
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"% G3 f3 m% H! @, A0 h( d
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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. I0 b m' [- L7 s
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"* J4 w2 u _6 u3 k* ~
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Again he gets no response.! Z# n% r. V( U7 r) y p0 P6 X
; y+ a* ]! I+ ~' G( zSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ) {1 O8 s0 ^+ h% X+ g: ]/ u3 j
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"% r2 e6 {" S9 f. Y7 u
) m R$ `4 ?, F7 h( a, o l+ V" @(I just love this); o8 @, ?+ ]2 S2 |
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' {- g/ n2 N( P* p7 L7 A"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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