Stupid Repetitive Questions

[maartje]

Every subject of study has them. In fact, I think most professions have some of them: Stupid Repetitive Questions. Although most are more repetitive while others are more stupid, here's the big 5 for 'studying Japanese' that were gathered during a social encounter with a few other Japanology students:

5) "So, why Japanese?"
-Repetitive: after

Comments

[purple_solle]

"But you don't like Germany in, you know, that way, right?"

Lemme check. Blonde, blue-eyed, passion for Wagner, openly admiring Leni Riefenstahl and, oh, rather a strong fondness for Mr. Josef Mengele. Yup, obviously I'm a nazi. (Because I couldn't possibly be someone who just likes music, movies, and zany dead mad scientists, right?)

[maartje]

There are no coincidences!

[pluizebol]

You're lucky they still ask questions.

With me, it's just assumptions.
"O, then you lie a lot." - no, I don't.
"O then you lie very well." - no, I don't.
"O, that's why you don't have much clients" - no, it's not, it's irrelevant.
"My, you're smart." - no, if I was, I wouldn't do this job.
"If you win cases, you're a good lawyer" - this is about the dumbest assumption ever. If you win cases, you're good at selecting cases. Period.

[maartje]

"O, then you lie a lot/very well."
- "Oh yes, yes I do." (I love paradoxical answers. They'll never believe you if you say you don't anyway, you being a lying lawyer...)

"If you win cases, you're a good lawyer"
- this is about the dumbest assumption ever. If you win cases, you're good at selecting cases. Period.

If you win cases you're good at selecting cases. A good lawyer knows how to select cases. Ergo, a lawyer who wins cases is a good lawyer ;p

[yunage]

How come you're so smart, can I study with you tonight, do all people on your faculty look this pretty, etc, etc, it's *so* very annoying. I say mace them.