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September 25, 2002
Wednesday
 
 
3Q&3A
Brian Micklethwait (London)  Humour

Have we got fed up with Americans, especially for some reason Donald Rumsfeld, asking three questions in a row and answering them for themselves with three different but oh-so-poetically balanced adverbs instead of waiting for answers from the persons they're talking to like normal people? Absolutely. Is Ally McBeal to blame for this, and in particular John Cage, also known as (I don't know why) "The Biscuit" (who is otherwise very good fun, I think)? Possibly. Would we like them to stop? Immediately.

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Al Gore has also started answering his own questions, according to ScrappleFace.


Posted by Scott Ott at September 25, 2002 08:52 PM

MommaBear actually likes the Q&A system of introducing material in a comprehensible manner: framing the question properly and answering it as one originally intends keeps others from distorting, misdirecting, or trampling on the speaker's statements.


Posted by MommaBear at September 26, 2002 08:43 PM