A conundrum

Neal Whitman nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET
Thu Aug 4 12:13:27 UTC 2011


No, no. Isn't the obvious workaround "Can I ask you two questions, including this one?"

Neal

On Aug 4, 2011, at 3:29 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> Can I ask you another question?
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> Eric
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>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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>>> the question, "Can I ask you a question"
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>> Well, given that you don't deny that the question is a question...
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>> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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