I am mostly like Frazz in this because questions like Cauflield’s tend to derail my train of thought and asking a question like Frazz’s tends to put the train back on the tacks, even if it derails the other person’s train. Though I have learned to ask them silently in my head most often just for the sake of other people’s sanity
If you have some thing to say, don’t make it a question. It just invites people to interrupt you and to ask their questions. Most of which you really don’t want to hear and you let them start talking about whatever they want before you even get to your point.
Frazz · 16 hrs · And here I am, in the business of trying to sneak attention to detail into people’s heads by disguising it as noise. There must be an auditory equivalent of the laws of thermodynamics. Nothing is really lost and nothing is really gained. It’s all just constantly rearranged.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
This is why I usually work from notes, these days.
Bilan almost 3 years ago
Somebody else is annoying Caulfield? What a switcheroo.
Sanspareil almost 3 years ago
Caulfield is the “Galloping Gourmet’s” butter!
Doug K almost 3 years ago
Just about the time you think that maybe you have everything all figured out, someone comes along (or something happens) …
John Wiley Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Helps to check if it’s important or just blather.
sandpiper almost 3 years ago
Caulfield hit Frazz just right. Gotta empathize with him.
Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It was a perfectly reasonable response
DM2860 almost 3 years ago
I am mostly like Frazz in this because questions like Cauflield’s tend to derail my train of thought and asking a question like Frazz’s tends to put the train back on the tacks, even if it derails the other person’s train. Though I have learned to ask them silently in my head most often just for the sake of other people’s sanity
jscarff57 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
…and now I’ve forgotten what I was going to say…
StratmanRon almost 3 years ago
Caulfield FINALLY nails it after all these years in panel 3!
roof-top-view almost 3 years ago
LOL. That conversation occurs between my spouse and I (or is it ‘me’) at least once a day.
Ukko wilko almost 3 years ago
Caufield, it’s just karma, coming home to roost.
mkw Premium Member almost 3 years ago
And stories! When you can’t get through a story because someone keeps asking of irrelevant details!
fishbulb239 almost 3 years ago
“What” is quantity-neutral. If I ask a kid, “what did you do during summer vacation?”, I don’t expect the kid to describe a single activity.
blah_duh almost 3 years ago
If you have some thing to say, don’t make it a question. It just invites people to interrupt you and to ask their questions. Most of which you really don’t want to hear and you let them start talking about whatever they want before you even get to your point.
poppacapsmokeblower almost 3 years ago
Would this be derailing a thought, or derailing thoughtlessness? Asking for a fiend.
dadlivonia almost 3 years ago
whether or not it is a “perfectly good thought” then becomes a matter of opinion
Buster Fatcat almost 3 years ago
The second panel is priceless!
Thinkingblade almost 3 years ago
When people start with “What I don’t understand …” there usually is some presumption of understanding that is hiding a criticism.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 3 years ago
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Frazz · 16 hrs · And here I am, in the business of trying to sneak attention to detail into people’s heads by disguising it as noise. There must be an auditory equivalent of the laws of thermodynamics. Nothing is really lost and nothing is really gained. It’s all just constantly rearranged.