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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 doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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$ m5 v. d: ?$ }$ hHere's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,* X3 f- x/ p9 L1 a! A- O. k# a
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,% u5 y1 V3 c5 Y- D f& C' @- }
go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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! |2 D8 D; D, G& S2 tThat 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?"
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$ T! v3 v" Y' u% X# FNo response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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Still no response.3 g, ]7 t, n, d/ _6 e
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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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for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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) u1 E: R. `* @8 V9 _So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ ~/ A& ], z* u% w
0 [1 {% ]: o* t5 M& ~(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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