Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 11, 2021

Good grief.

glad you speak “bird” Snoopy!

They’re discussing Christmas dinner plans for the Peanuts gang.

but isn’t that the rabbinical tradition?

“Did you have a nice visit with your family?” “Do dogs have puppies?”

“They answered my questions with questions” (Manfred Mann)

? ? !

Especially a question that you have no answer to!

The Socratic Teaching Method

I read once that a good question has part of the answer in it. I’ve seen many examples online that don’t get this concept. They are so vague, they are unanswerable. So you need to ask questions to clarify and then they get mad that you won’t answer their silly question.

What about people who respond to things with whataboutisms? Huh? What about them?

Why?

I don’t mind Snoop. At least they are talking to me.

Perhaps, Woodstock needed clarification on Snoop’s question. Afterall, Snoop, your questions lose something in translation from dog to bird.

Why do I answer questions with questions? Well why shouldn’t I?

Did he just break the fourth wall?

In my line of work, I deal with that sort of thing often. Why can’t people answer simple questions with simple answers?

It’s a way of blindsiding the inquisitor. Who said Woodstock was a bird brain?

And why is that?