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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought) F" B) N" g* w
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
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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."
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That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
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No response.
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. z9 D: B% ^7 DSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
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V4 c4 ? ~9 f d) \ H7 b+ n& uStill no response.
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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.5 \( g8 g: G5 h3 ?$ a4 z
9 t7 A' ]1 t8 o" p0 w) ySo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's : S; x4 @/ I/ ~( b- {* `
for dinner?" Again there is no response.. F( D) ]$ F/ N8 r# l+ k- m
, s9 y+ q9 _2 U$ PSo he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)4 `* Q7 r2 F; Y, t/ y
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# D; }: Q/ g' W7 g"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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