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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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; s( `5 U+ `& d6 h$ f1 `* e# U) s0 fThe 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." o* Z5 H4 b4 E
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the. B3 U+ k6 _8 y& [. e8 }
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
3 f6 l, [; D( t- zThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.
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So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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) Q4 d0 K" J- J8 A6 y6 pStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife8 [3 G; J* d% b" H
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"% S2 g1 y3 ?. W4 E0 I. n9 D9 L
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(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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