Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

[TBRS1]

Wasn't Sue Watt a member of the 70s hair band known as "The Aquaducks"?

 

[Cutesie]

Would hair bands (which I just learned was a thing from you) have used that term if they'd known that sharing it with a clothing accessory would make Internet searches real difficult?

 

[TBRS1]

If hair bands in the 70s knew about internet searches taking place in the 21st century, do you think they might have called themselves something different?

 

[Cutesie]

Isn't that the same as my question?

 

[TBRS1]

What was your question, again?

 

[Cutesie]

Isn't it funny how two people can use very different wording but intend the same meaning?

 

[TBRS1]

Isn't even funnier when two people use the same words, but mean something radically different?

 

[Cutesie]

The miscommunications caused can be hilarious, but what happens when they lead to hurt feelings and rifts in relationships?

(On a different forum the other day, I said something serious about my brother Teddy. A member, thinking that I was making a joke about my teddy bear, commented in a way that was completely inappropriate for the situation. Thankfully, I understood right away what had happened. It took a few messages to reassure her that I wasn't upset; I was, in fact, laughing and giggling.)

 

[NDR2]

Isn’t that their problem?

 

[Cutesie]

Do you think so when you're the one who makes such an innocent mistake?

 

[TBRS1]

Why do we always assign blame when it is clear that everybody is just as confused about what's going on as everybody else, and equally at fault, as if being perpetually befuddled were a fault that we don't all share?

 

[AuAL]

How do I know whether I’m perpetually befuddled?

 

[TBRS1]

Don't you think everybody else already knows whether you're perpetually befuddled or not by now?

 

[Cutesie]

If everyone is perpetually befuddled, how will they recognize the perpetual befuddlement in someone else?

 

[TBRS1]

If they are, wouldn't you kinda just expect them to scatter and bump into each other like billiard balls right after the break?

 

[NDR2]

Are you comparing them to atoms?

 

[TBRS1]

Are atoms round, in an assortment of solid colors or with a colored stripe, and with a number on the surface (unless it's the white one)?

 

[NDR2]

Don’t they look more like ants?

 

[TBRS1]

When ants look, don't they see mostly dirt or the backend of another ant?

 

[NDR2]

Do they leave dirt behind?