What’s this all about?
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What makes you think that?
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Depends on who is asking and and the reason I don’t want to answer. If it’s someone I don’t believe is asking with the intention of just being nosy or baiting me I’d tell the truth, that I don’t want to answer and the reason I don’t want to answer… it’s personal, I don’t know the answer, I don’t wish to share my opinion on that subject… whatever the reason. If it’s someone I think is just digging for information with the intention of being nosy or trying to bait me I’ll make up a false/ sarcastic answer that is so absurd they’ll get the hint that I’m telling them to back off me and mind their business.
Anyone worthwhile will respect your reason for not wanting to answer the question and drop it. If they’re not worthwhile, who cares if they get offended by you not sharing.
You two are not surreptitiously talking about Randy D Randolph, are you? Careful! I have dirt on both of you, remember that. Grrrrrrr.
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No, the Doctor didn’t put me on marijuana, she knows I wouldn’t go for it. She did, however, express a more personal interest in me, and we made arrangements to meet later that evening to go . . . oh, I won’t torture you with the sordid details. I just may have bumped you off the schedule and put her in your time slot. A gentleman doesn’t kiss and tell.
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What is your home address, please?
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But there’s no bad intention on my part, just a friendly visit, a pop-in!
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