Originally posted by lemon limeAnd I answered no.
Not so. I didn't ask you if you had beaten your wife. I asked you if you had beaten her today.
You fluffed it.
Even attempting to deploy an unoriginal, hackneyed cliche requires a little moment of focus on your part for it to work. 🙂
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Originally posted by FMFActually, it did work. And it worked because you were expecting an unoriginal, hackneyed cliche. Think for a moment... I didn't ask about yesterday or the day before, or the day before that. I was specifically asking you about today. For all I know you might have decided to take a day off from abusing your wife, and so were telling the truth when you said no... you hadn't beaten her today.
And I answered no.
You fluffed it.
Even attempting to deploy an unoriginal, hackneyed cliche requires a little moment of focus on your part for it to work. 🙂
You've already admitted that you thought I meant to ask "Have you stopped beating your wife?" You fell into the trap because you didn't really look at it and assumed I fluffed the question.
By the way, good for you for resisting the urge... I hope you can say the same about tomorrow. Stay strong and give it some time... eventually it will get easier.
Originally posted by FMFYou are obviously thinking with your emotions. So I'll pose the same kind of question in a different way, and let's see if your logic circuits can work it out:
And I answered no.
You fluffed it.
Even attempting to deploy an unoriginal, hackneyed cliche requires a little moment of focus on your part for it to work. 🙂
If you ask a mother "Have you hugged your child today" and she says "no", does this mean she has never hugged her child?
Originally posted by lemon limeHeh, so you'd say if someone has a bumper sticker like 'have you hugged your dog today?' that they're accusing you of being a rampant dog-hugger. 🙄
The operative word in the question I asked is "today". Think about it.
Asking Have you stopped beating your wife is too obvious.