Really, askers of double (or multiple) questions?
Allow me to explain. Someone’s in another room, across a parking lot, yelling over a phone that’s cutting out, or across some other communication barrier, and they start defeating the purpose of questions designed for speed and ease of use. These are questions that are meant to be answered with a “yep” or a “nope”, or a toss of the head in one direction or another if you’re in the Middle East, and they’re strung together in such a way they require a run-on sentence to answer.
“Are you okay? Are you upset?”
“Is this yours? Or is this mine? Do you even want this?”
“Is today Monday? Thursday? Saturday? Could you come in here?”
“Is that the murderer? Is that a civilian? Should I shoot?”
Frustrating, isn’t it? Our computer programmer friends might refer to them as conflicting Booleans. Conditions normally satisfied by a “True” or a “False”. A rapid yes or no. Designed for the lazy by generations of mothers who had trouble getting even the most basic of information out of their loved ones, and now look what’s happened.
So here’s to the couch-ridden, the currently driving, and the overly talked-to. Let your oppressors know there’s no way you could possibly answer their multi-pronged interrogation. And if you’re looking to stay in the comfort of your one-word neighborhood, don’t forget: “Really?”
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