# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/41 "2015-10-15T11:37:07Z")
What do you mean I’m funny? I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny? ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/42 "2015-10-15T12:46:21Z")
What is your favorite color? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/43 "2015-10-15T12:49:09Z")
Does your dog bite? ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/44 "2015-10-15T13:10:17Z")
That is not my dog. ---
**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 15, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/45 "2015-10-15T16:38:05Z")
I am gratified by the continued interest in my OP. It underscores my belief that we, as Americans, hold true to the values that made this country great and that the lessons learned in the evasion of privacy, and, more to the point, the evasion of the Body Snatchers, have not been lost. Kudos to you all. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/46 "2015-10-15T20:54:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Does your dog bite? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is not my dog. I was asking **Alonzo** … but have a sneaking suspicion he’s not going to give me a straight answer. ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/47 "2015-10-15T22:36:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I was asking **Alonzo** … but have a sneaking suspicion he’s not going to give me a straight answer. My dear EH, yours is the question that has vexed me most as it cuts to the heart of the matter without hedging or qualifiers. I apologize for the delay in responding, but my staff and I thought your inquiry deserved a reply equal to the spirit in which it was asked. This required considerable research, debate, as well as the creation of position papers germane not only to my dog specifically, but the general biting proclivity of the family Canidae. Our investigations are ongoing and will be presented in good order. I assure you the results will justify the wait. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/48 "2015-10-15T23:49:11Z")
My question for you, AJB: What is the capital city of Montana? ---
**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 15, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/49 "2015-10-15T23:56:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I was asking **Alonzo** … but have a sneaking suspicion he’s not going to give me a straight answer. This seems to have become a free for all, but he is much better at that than I. ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/50 "2015-10-16T00:27:54Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > My question for you, AJB: What is the capital city of Montana? Hell. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/51 "2015-10-16T01:11:42Z")
Did you ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie? ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/52 "2015-10-16T14:45:25Z")
Can it be any question? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/53 "2015-10-16T15:11:16Z")
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States? ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/54 "2015-10-16T15:23:03Z")
> [@Pabitel](#): > > Can it be any question? Other than rhetorical questions, yes. ---
**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 16, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/55 "2015-10-16T17:49:20Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > My question for you, AJB: What is the capital city of Montana? I believe that I have shown good faith in my responses to the questions in this thread; but the inflammatory nature of this one gives me pause and makes me wonder at the level of discourse to which we have fallen, in this, the greatest of all nations. Of course Helena has a claim, but what of Bozeman, Billings, Kalispell… even humble Polson with its commanding perch upon Flathead Lake… surely reasonable people can agree that these, too, are ‘capital’ cities. For shame, Blondbear, for shame. As to toe-picking in Poughkeepsie; my New York pedicure history is a matter of public record. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/56 "2015-10-16T20:12:01Z")
> [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](#): > > How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/57 "2015-10-18T02:44:02Z")
We’re going about this the wrong way–there are two punctuation marks missing, thusly: Ask the man: who evades the question? So? Who? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/58 "2015-10-18T03:34:33Z")
Let’s eat Grandma! Let’s eat, Grandma! Punctuation saves lives. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/59 "2015-10-18T14:12:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Let’s eat Grandma! > Let’s eat, Grandma! > > Punctuation saves lives. I seem to remember something about a horse and a Jack. ;)😃 ---
**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 18, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579/60 "2015-10-18T18:41:58Z")
> [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](#): > > As to toe-picking in Poughkeepsie; my New York pedicure history is a matter of public record. Well, that’s one way to put a positive spin on performing for a fetish webcam site. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-man-who-evades-the-question/734579.md?page=4)