Comments on: Careers in Science: Catechectics

By: k

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:11:03 +0000

been there. oftenly.

so i’m telling myself i assume there must be some awesome reason my character needs to be tested on a regular basis.

heeheehee.

By: mig

mig — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:43:48 +0000

Paul, good point about a non-response being a poor response as well. This can be caused by semi-deafness sometimes, though, and not always ill intent.
But, yeah.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:31:02 +0000

Well, there is another irritating response to a question, which is when the other person just doesn’t say anything, you think they heard the question, but they don’t say yes OR no, OR ask a question. That can be really frustrating, do I demand an answer? That seems kind of like asshole behavior, but not getting an answer is really frustrating.

But to walk out and be a sad middle aged man driving around town alone, I would have to be really, really fed up, so I assume that is the state the catechectician was in. (But at least I live near some decent hotels, so that would make the situation not quite so sad).

By: Jann

Jann — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:14:34 +0000

Two of the most annoying (in my opinion) and most often heard examples of questions “answered” with questions are:
1)Q: Did you do that?
A: Why would I do that?
2)Q: Do you think *I* did that?
A: Did you?

By: Jann

Jann — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:38:13 +0000

There are some advantages to living alone.

By: anne

anne — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:04:00 +0000

The catechectician should drive until he gets to my town, and I would make him coffee if it was morning when he got here, or pour him a martini if it was night, and I wouldn’t ask a single question.