Is it annoying when people ask themselves questions just to answer?

[felonious thunk]

You bet it is!

Is it irritating to the point that I want to punch people when I hear them do it?

Oh yeah!

Is it a way to cover up an inability to communicate, without pretending you're at your own personal press conference?

I think so!

</misdirected bitterness>

[kmla]

1. What are you saying?

I think you are saying that we answer our own questions when we ask them!

Does that annoy you?

I think it does.

Am I gonna stop now?

Yeah. I got nothin' else.

[felonious thunk]

4. Is my boss an idiot?

Yes, I think so!

Do I wish I'd win the lottery, so I could quit working?

Oh yeah!

[Southsideirish]

2. Drives me right up the wall! Sports guys do it - many politicos, too. n/t

[alonso_quijano]

3. the Rummy rhetorical...

Trudeau parodies it so well in Doonesbury! And Lieberman kept on doing it during his concession (excuse me, "Joecession!") speech last night.

[felonious thunk]

6. Yeah

Joe's dumb speech and my boss have me bitter about this today.

[LynneSin]

7. But how do you really feel about this?

:pals:

[Bronco69]

5. Do I think people of low IQ's are the ones

who engage in this type of behavior?

Of course!

Does it make me want to slap the sh*t out of them?

You bet it does!

Do I think they should stop?

Absolutely!

:-)

[Bunny]

8. Oh God!

Do I hate when people do that? Yes
Could I do them physical harm? Yes
Do I resist the urge to tell them to shut up? Yes


I hate hate hate when people do this!!!!!! It's so banal, trite, hackneyed, sorry but I cannot think of any more synonyms. Does this phenomenon have a name?

Did I mention I hate this?