# How would you respond to someone asking this question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348 "2021-09-09T03:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dope1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dope1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dope1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/21 "2021-09-09T11:52:31Z")
I can think of one kind of offensive reply “because I’ve been fucking your wife and sister from morning” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/22 "2021-09-09T13:26:58Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > If I thought they person was just being rude and intrusive, I’d make up the most embarrassing reason I could think of. “I’m just super constipated.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/23 "2021-09-09T13:28:07Z")
I like this one best, really. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/24 "2021-09-09T13:41:25Z")
“I wouldn’t be work’n if I wasn’t sweat’n.” ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/25 "2021-09-09T13:46:40Z")
“Exertion. You should try it sometime.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/26 "2021-09-09T14:45:16Z")
“I’m not sweating.” (Who you gonna believe - me, or your lying eyes?) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/27 "2021-09-09T14:47:54Z")
“I was watching COPS” ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/28 "2021-09-09T15:00:26Z")
Profuse sweating when there is no apparent stimuli causing it can be a sign of serious cardiac issues. Perhaps he was just concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/29 "2021-09-09T15:10:44Z")
If I didn’t particularly like the person, and they had no power over me, I might say “That’s kind of a personal question, don’t you think?” 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/30 "2021-09-09T15:16:54Z")
“I’m allergic to assholes” is probably too aggressive. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/31 "2021-09-09T17:12:41Z")
“Working hard. How about you?” or “I have a high operating temperature.” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/32 "2021-09-09T17:24:56Z")
“Why does your face do that?” ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/33 "2021-09-09T17:43:28Z")
In the words of Major Charles Emerson Winchester III: “In the first place, I do not sweat; I perspire. In the second place, I never perspire.” ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/34 "2021-09-10T18:01:33Z")
> [@dope1](#): > > I can think of one kind of offensive reply “because I’ve been fucking your wife and sister from morning” Go with this one. Pretty much guarantee he won’t ever mention that again. He’ll probably stay away from you for good. Does your boss have a good sense of humor? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/35 "2021-09-10T20:09:05Z")
“Ebola. Would you drive me to the hospital?” ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/36 "2021-09-10T20:14:42Z")
Horses sweat. Humans perspire. I glow. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/37 "2021-09-10T20:17:55Z")
Okay, I’ll ask: **dope1** , why were you sweating on that occasion? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/38 "2021-09-10T20:38:49Z")
I can’t help it. I have leaky skin. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/39 "2021-09-11T01:43:49Z")
Oh, that’s urine. But don’t worry, it isn’t mine. ---
**Author:** ![dope1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dope1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dope1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348/40 "2021-09-12T11:41:00Z")
Nope not only she doesn’t has a good sense of humor but the guy who asked me the question is kinda her favorite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-someone-asking-this-question/950348.md?page=3)