No, I said, " Yes, if it is helpful; no,if it is not." and elaborated from there. "never, for any reason" was not part of my proposition. And I ended assuming your disagreement was a complete and total victory.
"I'll continue on my merry way thank you."
This comes closer to the probe tried to draw: Is your way truly merry, and I ofered a criteria we might both accept for a means of measurement.
"OK doctor, you're fired."
That's ok, you never paid yer bill anyway.
Take care and send some gatorade to the box sometime, maybe you'd even care to visit me there sometime.