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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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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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( }) s4 e( o7 IThat 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?"( j+ [/ e( |# g* f' e
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No response.2 ^% I8 j8 Z' J7 r' u
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repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! ^& j# }- s3 c0 i
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Still no response.& M) N3 g9 }! |' {# a: Z/ E
]# q m, S# XNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.% l) B! |1 x. ~, g; s9 N
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for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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& S- o( _) k/ r& s' u; V' ZSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"7 L7 z8 q7 H8 D8 j+ w( R
, v3 V, ^* R8 p" ] Y% o(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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