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| A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought1 W6 B( p: [( ]7 r2 H& h she might need a hearing aid.  Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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 . p3 ]; U* ?3 ~, C9 jThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
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 1 H! d( i- d# q- n. @Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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 ' A6 i2 ?1 L8 sgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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 : g0 w" C3 a+ t! _( mThat evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the' t' q; B$ _/ S
 den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
 9 ~) c2 ]# W2 S, s* D9 `Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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 So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and) f: i! I" E# h9 }' P
 repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 u* A' B; ]5 O2 O# d
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 Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife
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 * b: U6 @: @7 S" V, B( DAgain he gets no response.
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 3 v& w2 k+ x, J0 l1 z% W5 f! b* G$ fSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away.  "Honey, what's 7 p& X6 B% t% h% |
 for dinner?" Again there is no response.) n* _' V% P! D% h' r3 v1 a1 [
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 So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"2 _  T1 o, @/ m) r
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 (I just love this)
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 "Ralph , for the FIFTH  time..... CHICKEN!"
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