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Sound


Submitted by syntaxfactory on August 28, 2012 - 11:14pm


When I was a young adult, I worked at a nursing home and was always amazed at the sounds that the elderly made. I often thought -- they make noise so that they know their organs are still functioning. "Harrumph" and "cough" and "ahems" with no communicative intent -- simply the noises they made.