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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought; I, T* v' s3 Z1 x& \
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called
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The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
; |+ K( F( I. m* C$ c( Wperform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.2 v$ m L7 m) W! C \5 y/ _& r2 o
* {! [. L+ D P6 P- f D! w1 P) P; Z4 ^Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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; f9 e# A4 g, o4 Dgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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0 k, x; r6 u5 o1 m& a' A4 ?That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the+ x/ z& V1 C& k4 m9 l
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
; q; b$ Y" p" L! u/ j% KThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"$ B3 D; A8 J8 F4 H8 r9 ^
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No response.
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) y4 n x- E+ M2 x! H4 } ]So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and+ d6 J- A3 z& Z& A4 q9 r
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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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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: `3 ^% s" G1 C( h- v6 U. YSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
4 O, g/ Y! R; ^8 Ffor dinner?" Again there is no response.0 ]$ ~4 P+ V) l0 I
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?") v! t1 @) |% T# M' x) j
1 d5 v8 ]7 g7 m1 \. G3 q8 I! N7 @3 g(I just love this)
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8 M7 ~8 q, U1 B5 J"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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