No, You Think?
What is it with people who don’t get rhetorical questions? Do you ever get in those situations where you ask a seemingly obvious one and the person you’re talking to just has to reply?
Me: Haha, do pigs fly?
Them: *Thinks for a while* No, I don’t believe they do.
Yeeeah.
Worse, sometimes they reply with a roll of their eyes, belittling your every molecule.
Me: (Following a recent honeydew obsession) Haha, sometimes you wonder why I don’t just live on honeydew alone, huh?
Them: *Rolls eyes* But that’s not a balanced diet.
Notice how I tend to precede the rhetorical question with an innocuous laugh, to signal a less-than-serious moment approaching. The eye-roll, on the other hand, sends the tone crashing straight down, which I think is not only poor comprehension, but frankly bad manners as well, since resetting a conversation’s tone so quickly after it has been proposed is akin to visiting someone’s house and rearranging all their furniture while they fetch you a drink.
ask a nice rhetoric question that invites a reply that the person would be more than happy to reply. like:
” oh, did u just cut ur hair?”
when it’s obvious that he/she did.
no more eye rolling. just exhilirated response. :D
hello. just dropping a note in case you were wondering who the hell could be reading your site from Germany. its only me. :) Seeya soon babe.
but the reply could be sarcastic also whaaaat! watch more monty python!
cake> These people don’t mean it as a dry comeback, if that’s the credit you’re trying to kindly give them.
angel> e-mail coming your way. hug.