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A man was sitting down for dinner when his phone rang. He's the kind of person who doesn't like to be bothered while eating, so he decides to not answer it. The next day at the same time, the phone rings again, and he ignores it. This goes on for a week until one night, the phone rang again at the same time. Angrily, he gets up and answers it.

"Don't you know this is when people are eating dinner, what are you calling for?"

"Sir, this is Dr. Smith from the hospital. We have received your lab results from the tests you took last week."

Immediately the man changes his tone of voice. "Oh, I'm very sorry for being so rude, Dr. Smith. What were the results?"

"Well, it turns out that you have a very rare disease and you will probably die in a week."

The line is completely silent. The man doesn't say a thing for a while when finally the doctor interrupts, "That's not all the bad news, though."

"Oh really? What could be worse?"

"I'm afraid we've been trying to get a hold of you for over a week."
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