26 September 2019 — Expressions like “I hurt myself today to see if I still feel” and “I just want to feel today” and “Can I ask you a question?” can all be profound and meaningful and beautiful or light and cheery with a beat you can dance to or redundant and stupid, depending on the delivery.
Grammar Nazis will focus on the redundant and stupid. Desire (“I just want”) and curiosity (“to see if”) are both FEELINGS! To ask is to already know. Just like enquiring after the possibility of an action one is actually undertaking (or having the temerity to do without permission that for which one entreats permission) the very entertainment of the thought resolves all of the implied questions.
So unless you share George Carlin’s or Johnny Cash’s ability to amuse me or to wrench my heart out, don’t bug me with your silly questions.
200105 — “Jou’ve got me intubated. Situation in control, preparation on a roll… Purina Tjou Tjou, Baaaai-bee!”
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