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A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought: ]$ h. M- O H. A( r, ?
she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called+ I$ h( b2 [+ P+ w
the family doctor to discuss the problem.
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. ]- x% M4 J( a, Z% ]+ LThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
( j' Z8 f& s' X# h: ~perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.# b+ I- T9 N' h
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Here's what you do," said the doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her,
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y8 N6 `! J' Sgo to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."
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, L; E7 `2 H# T/ S( _That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the
1 |& G2 s8 x' g; J% o6 X# u. Jden. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
, s, \' h* R! K: J% g9 gThen in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?". J! E" C+ i) i9 v0 Q* ~4 U r8 b: y
: X# |2 D, p9 s, t5 a) Z- }# \No response.
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! A9 `4 T7 v, |: I% K: ^0 zSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and
4 u1 a! C" b k6 A/ yrepeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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Still no response.
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0 z+ g' H' ^9 F6 oNext 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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: U; _% S) R. ^* ?% F JSo, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's
# \( k& M8 @8 D" o @. w" Dfor 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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/ n/ |0 r3 l4 x- @ H3 \+ |(I just love this)3 c( Y* w/ U- F* e
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% ^9 c, z, ], i% n% i"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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