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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.% `- ]* y. ?" @' s7 V* @" g5 \
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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,
8 ]3 C- c- f U" B% ^6 ^and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
& D! _/ g2 M2 _5 @& y; Ugo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."( K1 h2 {5 j, `, B) \; ~
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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9 G7 x- f/ g, X& y: g2 i7 EThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"1 r6 J9 S v8 U- _0 y s
& p5 I2 M B- L% o" S& g4 |/ |5 BNo response.7 ^: N% M! m5 W& N7 Q
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and* [& z0 m, i- x j
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"- |; w% f, G& }0 m7 `! l0 G
3 Y) A% c L, r* W: H9 @Still no response.1 w4 Q" a3 z5 a
) D0 D1 H! o1 K6 N0 z) l, l6 }Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
+ z: B: \6 H. L' N N# ?and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.# c- a) [3 b0 O$ Z" C
7 Z2 b8 g8 Y, V+ w3 J& hSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
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# I7 N y7 k! p; i) ]7 vSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?") m* X1 G7 U5 ]/ U3 ?2 A
. A* w9 a- W9 ~5 B" m; p- d% g(I just love this)+ F5 T: v E( ]; B0 x
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' J! X. ^4 E \: d, F1 V"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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