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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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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,
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go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.": w, | ?- D o) H
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the/ [- R$ ^* b( g6 e6 d
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."3 W6 ~) W1 O, F# Z) f9 `. G3 |
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?" R0 X3 E: B$ ^2 Y( E$ x9 f
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No response.
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repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! b8 h2 X D( \: v) Z7 Q! I4 L
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) L% E, M |1 u8 ANext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife# a; [) Q9 v4 A. Q* S
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"/ u5 ]; K5 y7 n, A
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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 , K5 \% O# w+ e% h i( s
for dinner?" Again there is no response.
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"" p/ Z2 F) ~0 L1 q) k
* A4 c0 K8 n8 e" g* r# U(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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