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"He" doesn't seem to be listening ...


that's assuming of course that "she" has anything of value to say. She might just be nagging. "When are we going to have eggs? When are we going to have eggs? Didn't you see that clean car over there? What are you going to do about it. Soil it, dammit, soil it! Are you even listening to me? I swear you're are the most incommunicative bastard I've ever met...." etc.
Illegitimus non carborundum est.