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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+ `4 | C. c! ^8 J! t- Z) ?7 `' t7 Q
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.+ N5 j" }, _& T+ `) f: U2 ?9 I
- x2 Z- n; _5 B( AHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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" X" H& w& z* Y& G" ?9 e2 @go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."1 s j. o* B. ^6 f
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
+ u1 j- `3 |$ eden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
; k D6 }; b$ W$ M! I. IThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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+ g. p7 t V* ~) ]9 ANo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
7 Y* q/ x0 t3 g( urepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"3 m! M$ v; u' F, T
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7 |0 H$ E, |: R. p2 QNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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+ w2 `& [; L; s* b0 y' wAgain he gets no response.
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' J1 l9 h4 \, u. x" fSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
5 h' H- t8 o# k" Ofor dinner?" Again there is no response.6 B! P: | k4 V
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"( j: u1 u6 R4 [ Y: ?* c% P
4 ~# a: p* t5 G% G8 }* H(I just love this)' u& c) a" m" k) ~ V% k
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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