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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought
5 A1 [8 F6 s* ]% A6 p$ B. [she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
1 f% D m& k1 {4 wthe family doctor to discuss the problem., H' Q, U! c. s! l1 q- ?( p! a& }
( a3 B4 A3 r0 j! rThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could# i1 L( s; f( C) w$ Q% j( q# \7 B
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.+ o. h; B0 W+ S$ w$ j
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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; W2 J4 d" Y5 v7 F* Rgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
6 `* i6 w/ E2 {den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
& R. j, F0 r1 AThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"7 x& W% i H, n% h! P7 P4 H# s; j
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No response. T) ]/ Y% U+ P
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and$ y0 w7 S8 G6 c6 O1 ~
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"5 D, l" J; ]- M6 `1 \5 n
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Still no response.+ H& H" o) @9 H- h. {( b' d
1 ]7 V. S8 F8 g) ?+ h% Q% _! J2 NNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife6 M Z% u2 W! c; ]9 n
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Again he gets no response.
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. x- V' }5 ?- N2 q6 DSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's 0 I% A: R. s7 k3 k% r/ _ X- M
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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