politeness

[Steve Lamb]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:44:08PM +0800, Sandy Harris wrote:
> Rafael Barreto <rafbarr23 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I am surprised about how umpolite and rude some answers can be. Sometimes I
> > don't dare ask a question or express an opinion fearing that somebody can
> > ridicule me or treat me in such a rude way
 
> There's a saying "There are no stupid questions except the ones you
> don't ask". More than a little truth in that.

If a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half how long
does it take a man with one wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?
-- Harry Anderson

    Yes, I memorized that line for the sole purpose of illustrating to those
who say there are no stupid questions that there are, indeed, stupid
questions.  ;P

-- 
         Steve C. Lamb         | But who can decide what they dream
       PGP Key: 1FC01004       |      and dream I do
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