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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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' Y0 N. q' c$ c5 JThe doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could
6 G* o& t; {- [( f/ f, |, M& Yperform 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,( l' y6 j1 c6 S% M+ s# R1 F
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not,
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5 f$ b8 q1 N; L7 ~That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the5 Y1 h# B% ^+ Q8 H2 m% v# n6 D' r* l
den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."" q; q. p9 g0 G, N, `7 F0 N
Then in a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?"
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7 x2 ?) f1 T4 Y4 K9 nSo the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and/ h$ }! Z8 j, y7 m+ m' d
repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"! @ J3 x. y6 ]# s4 h% q
# {3 m$ l5 k7 p% _1 K7 |1 dStill no response.
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Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife; U2 b& k. v0 q8 M: F+ @, j- w
and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"" Q) z w) x# b0 K9 g7 r1 v: n
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Again he gets no response.
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for dinner?" Again there is no response.5 K/ d8 J/ X) J# @, U
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So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
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(I just love this)( `. I A* H8 `& A
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"Ralph , for the FIFTH time..... CHICKEN!" |
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