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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 could8 p& @0 B- y0 }
perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the0 v# X {$ y- J
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
" ?% o3 ?6 ~# L; T% [. O% v7 EThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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No response.- @# i& I8 O: C# T
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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.$ `6 b, ^1 E! z6 Z( y
/ n) w- N4 W9 H& ?" tNext he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife: [4 \9 S6 g7 Y# ]& t- Z& N! c
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! a/ c' b }8 z4 n3 N/ V/ |
9 m& A' W/ y# O$ W4 eAgain he gets no response.7 h4 w6 y$ _) L+ A. J3 }8 ?! _
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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?"
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: k J4 ^, X4 `2 v9 {6 \$ V(I just love this)
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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