Sound of Silence

Jonka and I visited friends, a couple, at their house last evening. The man is deaf, but the wife is not. They began arguing in the adjacent, semi-dark kitchen which was within our view. He was very angry, scowling, red-faced, making wild and rapid sign-language gestures at her. She kept sputtering, "But . . . but . . . but . . ." until she had enough, simply flipped the kitchen lightswitch off, and walked away.

-Old Gargoyle