Pokin' Fun

By Doc Blakely

There is an old story about a man who was asked the question, "How’s your wife?" His answer was, "Compared to what?"

That got me to thinking about other clever answers that could be used for questions that are asked. It is an art to answer a question with a question. Lawyers use this art all the time. There is a name for it. Ask any lawyer’s client who lost his case and he’ll tell you the name, no questions asked.

However, here are some questions for snappy comebacks to the original question.

"Why do you always question me?"

"Do I?"

"What can I do for you?"

"Have you thought of leaving your body to science?"

"Is that the truth?"

"Would I lie to you?"

"Will any others be seated at your table?"

"Who did you have in mind?"

"Why am I always broke?"

"Who did you marry?"

"When will the postal service improve?"

"What postal service?"

"How long will you love me?"

"What time is it?"

"How old are you?"

"Do you want the truth or a fine sounding story?"

"Do you plan to vote for Dole or Clinton?"

"Which one will do the least harm?"

A word of advice in playing this game: Don’t ever ask the first question because there are some who will flagrantly disregard the rules and answer a question with an answer. For instance, if you ask, "How are you?" there are some people who will tell you much more than you wanted to know. Few can question that, can they?