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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 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,3 J, q7 B$ V, ]
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
! a1 f9 Y( o# g/ W3 lgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."+ [, q" L {: \3 d% ?& K5 B
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the# E/ s8 P) D4 B% |4 |1 u3 B8 j/ z
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
8 t t( o2 N4 ?% O( MThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Still no response." @1 Y; _7 e, u
; {1 J: w1 [2 p, ]Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife3 U1 U! N8 P' T" ?7 L$ E) f
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"4 ?. u4 `3 x6 \: p0 i: i
( r9 R) D- m0 u6 q1 W5 J9 B7 O2 jAgain he gets no response.
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' @% r4 m+ T: C( ASo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)& q7 C1 |3 }6 \* g" |6 v! U* V
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% M- v4 x' j1 N"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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