BS: Questions that make you defensive

Subject: RE: BS: Questions that make you defensive
From: mousethief
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 02:28 PM

Anything in the form "You do know that ..... don't you?"

Subject: RE: BS: Questions that make you defensive
From: Charmion
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 02:26 PM

"Have you read all those books?"

"What are you planning to do with *that*?"

Subject: RE: BS: Questions that make you defensive
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 02:22 PM

It was even worse when she would say both together: "Kendall Feyodor Ivanovich Dostoyevsky Stanislaus Frederich Barbarossa Morse! How many times do I have to tell you...." And you noticed that it really wasn't a question no matter how she phrased it.

One that makes me defensive is "So, how long are you going to stay dressed?"

Subject: RE: BS: Questions that make you defensive
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 02:18 PM

I do woodworking, and enter craft shows. I sometimes get asked: "Did you make all these yourself?"


I usually reply something like: "They'd throw me out if I hadn't."

Subject: BS: Questions that make you defensive
From: kendall
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 01:56 PM

Whenever my Mother called me by my full name or said, "How many times have I told you..." I knew I was in for it.

My favorite is, "How long have you worked here, not counting tomorrow"?