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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought7 @; s, ~/ m% ^* L
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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7 E/ P4 q9 T c7 P; V- MHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,) }$ R1 u, B, `, E4 }" u
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, @2 z$ c! a7 Z1 a' d( f) q( r
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."4 \% `" s6 t( L
/ w: O3 z. D' S9 E/ kThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
4 x, f* f3 ?# |% G2 d! {den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."( j# x* e% u+ k# }1 |
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"0 \% E9 t6 U# o& P
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No response.0 Y3 A$ W0 l% b, Z7 {8 b/ X f
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Still no response.3 k4 p6 l N- U+ i
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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% M4 r( ]# t& b3 N" w. k9 yAgain he gets no response.
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8 ]9 b! h1 ]( \4 X- j9 U, YSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
- v8 `; R0 H/ P g# r# jfor dinner?" Again there is no response.
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, k3 C, w$ c% M6 F+ MSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?", s I+ ~4 B" I* l* i& x& b8 q
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(I just love this)/ z* b; r8 |+ Z" n1 d
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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