# Ask the man who evades the question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579 "2015-10-13T21:28:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/1 "2015-10-13T21:28:48Z")
I do not accept the premise; so how could I possibly respond? ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/2 "2015-10-13T21:39:20Z")
> [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](#): > > I do not accept the premise; so how could I possibly respond? Not an evasion. ---
**Author:** ![Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/3 "2015-10-13T21:54:21Z")
Thank you, Nelson, for your statement of the obvious. I am forming a committee to discern its underlying fundamentals and address your point of view with the sober attention it deserves. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/4 "2015-10-13T22:28:45Z")
How long have you been aware of this problem? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/5 "2015-10-13T22:36:18Z")
That depends on how you define awareness. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/6 "2015-10-14T08:51:09Z")
I’d like to have our project marks re-assessed by someone different. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/7 "2015-10-14T09:16:28Z")
How is this thread fundamentally different than most threads outside GQ? ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/8 "2015-10-14T09:45:53Z")
> [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](#): > > I do not accept the premise; so how could I possibly respond? I congratulate you, but when exactly did you stop beating your wife? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/9 "2015-10-14T12:36:08Z")
I don’t know… are you going to evade my question if I ask you something? ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/10 "2015-10-14T12:41:01Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > I don’t know… are you going to evade my question if I ask you something? You might think that he would, but I couldn’t possibly comment. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/11 "2015-10-14T12:57:14Z")
Did you have sex with that woman? ---
**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/12 "2015-10-14T13:09:32Z")
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/13 "2015-10-14T13:26:36Z")
Is this thread going to be a clever idea and a huge disappointment? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/14 "2015-10-14T14:05:41Z")
> [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](#): > > How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Various types of wood chuck at a different rate. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/15 "2015-10-14T14:08:58Z")
Why does your sister-in-law act so skeevy when you’re around? ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/16 "2015-10-14T14:59:02Z")
The new employee of about a year now. Every time we talk at work her smile is a little too bright, she always compliments me on the most basic stuff, she is always seeking me out for answers on subjects I have no concern over. Now after a year one or two times a day she tells me “If their is anything I can do for you let me know” What is going on here ? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/17 "2015-10-14T15:05:09Z")
Is _avoiding_ questions another way of evading them? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/18 "2015-10-14T15:16:53Z")
Have you, at last, no dignity? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/19 "2015-10-14T15:43:51Z")
I’m reminded of the Martin Short character from SNL, Nathan Thurm. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/20 "2015-10-14T17:42:30Z")
If I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said. Alan Greenspan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579.md?page=2)