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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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, ^6 A* ^' Q2 X) W5 r& SThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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4 G% Z& s Y9 g, P+ |4 nHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,4 `, r% k2 W+ f% i
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,; U' D( L5 `4 s7 V6 U
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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6 o: c ^; s3 a1 _0 @1 XThat 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?"0 J$ L# l/ q2 x; l' N$ q
W0 I. S& o0 [' A0 XNo response.
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9 C$ p$ W6 u2 Z: \& k3 Z3 cSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
* l2 S! x c6 y0 [- B- n4 W9 nrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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' C4 a- D" T8 K+ b9 W& n w ZStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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Again he gets no response.
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So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 7 d \& A( P& X9 Z
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"! C. d3 b8 w* l1 J8 ?( S
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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