Originally Posted by RWE
Originally Posted by kellory
Originally Posted by Steelhead
I value succinct, written and spoken. I value clarity just as much. Many people do not know how to ask questions nor answer them.

How is "Down the hall, to your left" the correct answer to "Do you have a bathroom?"

he was more succinct than you were, for he answered your first question and your yet unasked one with the same response. (Since he would not have given you directions to a non-existant bathroom. It's existance is implied in the vector he gave you.)


How'd that vector work out here?

Originally Posted by RWE
In a small town gas station, a guy pulled up and asked rudely "do any of you know how to get to Xtown?"

The old attendant said, "left at the light, and keep gettin it."

The guy drove off.

I said to the attendant, "But that's not the way to Xtown."

He said, "Nope, but that's the fastest way out of town..."


Sounds like a dick that gave bad directions. How would a change of phrase change anything.

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