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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,
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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 the- _2 B1 x2 t; W [- a
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
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No response.
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6 G0 }1 x7 I+ |( VSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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( Y6 K* r4 @& I4 x( L' PStill no response., p( p- l" O# F+ D7 m' K; y/ Z
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife4 Y, p/ m- N% t5 C* z! d) ]. V
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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! a; d2 u0 ^& s, z- YAgain he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's ) c# C8 c; k* w9 |- a: v) J0 b
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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9 V! u! `8 G" z1 ?7 A(I just love this)1 Q0 ]( a+ N! B
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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