Yes, that would have worked. “You know what I mean!” says Bill. “Yes, but do you know what you mean? Do you mean that you would like me to buy you a hair dryer?”
He would have had trouble drying his hair with a new vinyl tablecloth ;-).
My theory is that the “ambiguous interrogative” style of speaking comes from the cultural Marxist movement (PC)
that deems it offensive to be sure of oneself or one’s own opinions.
My benchmark libinlaw’s biggest complaint about my wife and I is that “you’re always so sure you’re right”.
Haha! Both my boys have very short hair. It cuts down on using the detangler in the morning ;) I make up for it by spending mega bucks on the nearly 13 y.o. daughter who has incredibly thick and curly tresses. Now if I could get her to USE the styling products so she didn’t look like a Brillo pad in the mornings when I drop her off for school. She thinks pulling it back in a ponytail fools me. Her little sister (almost 7) has stick straight silky platinum blond hair. It just grows so darn fast!