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Thread #138958   Message #3184203
Posted By: GUEST,livelylass
09-Jul-11 - 05:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Annoyingly inaccurate literary references
Subject: RE: BS: Annoyingly inaccurate literary references
Or on receiving a perfectly good answer to a question, the interviewer then rephrases the answer as a question:

Interviewer: How do you make jam, Mr Jam Maker?
Jam Maker: I boil sugar with fruit until it sets and then I pop it in jars.
Interviewer: You make jam by boiling fruit with sugar until it sets? And then you put it into jars?
Jam Maker: Yes, that's right. That's how I make jam.