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[Vanity] Hypothetical question about conversational technique
Vanity ^ | 1-26-2010 | Vanity

Posted on 11/26/2010 1:01:50 PM PST by Monster Zero

Hypothetical scenario:

A guy and his wife go to see her family for a holiday. It's a mostly cordial day, spent eating, talking about firearms and collectibles and other things of common interests.

One thing the guy notices, though, is that his MIL, who isn't a football fan, makes it a point to ask him, "What did you think about the Vikings cutting Randy Moss?"

Now this is an innocent question on its face, right? Problem is, this MIL has a habit of asking this same question over and over: "What do you think about..." and then fill in the name of a supposedly bad person like Randy Moss, Joran VanDerSloot, Michael Schiavo, et al. And always so politely and conversationally.


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KEYWORDS: bushsfault; urinetest; whatdoyouthink
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Oopise. Sorry 'bout that!


41 posted on 11/27/2010 1:38:13 AM PST by Daffynition ("Life Imitates Bacon, but Bacon does not imitate Life. Bacon IS life." ~paulycy)
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