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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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' P5 K! f# b& F. a" w6 P4 e! R1 UThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could0 ^+ T% F! W8 @
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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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response." u) S1 }& v. |
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" S: h: B) v+ K! j
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No response.. q9 M. Q& n5 P
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repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"0 r9 S c" o; c3 f5 w: c% T C8 d, ^
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Still no response.
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; Z8 F! D; S9 e# jNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife9 ?# Q9 Q1 s K* Z4 E- w
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"8 }3 T! W2 q' Z7 p4 v. |% O" w: m
0 ^( i) |# ~$ s& w/ yAgain he gets no response.
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So, 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?"1 K+ ?& K" v( v. S# ^
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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