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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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- x2 o2 C% Y/ [3 `The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could+ S5 F+ T2 Q5 ~1 P D. l
perform 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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: h7 }# N/ d' q& t; bgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."+ y, E- m+ G6 W
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the: @; E% M7 Q' K) i" |/ S
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
* [/ M) o* s* y# R' zThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?". n& J' l5 u; c& _
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No response.9 f( Y' H+ n& A$ [# T2 {
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and. f: A' ~/ o* t: t0 p" R/ v ]
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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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- a( v: d! @( T& Y& G8 A
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"1 K) w' [9 s+ g- G% q
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Again he gets no response.
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. I# u$ m8 K! z8 T* V j8 jSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's % g" z2 N9 a: G% F. I I
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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/ V3 ?8 c0 b7 j2 h! k( v7 HSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 l0 Y4 l. \& |5 U; }9 P
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(I just love this)% j. Q" o+ x. f* R. z
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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