Why is it that when someone asks if you know someone else (say, John Brown), and you tell them that you don't know a John Brown, the person you are talking with starts throwing out all these details about John Brown, hoping that you will magically realize that you've known John Brown all along? If I don't know someone, I know that I don't know them. I don't need you giving me all these extemporaneous details that don't help me because I DON'T KNOW JOHN BROWN!
*sigh* I feel better now. :-)
2006-10-13 13:44:19 · 9 answers · asked by Bastet's kitten 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Are You sure? He's that bald guy, the one at the gas station; I think He changed a tire for Your cousin; or maybe it was the cousin of Your third grade school teacher. He's always wearing plaid pants, You know the guy I'm talking about right? John Brown, plaid pant wearing; tire changing; old bald John Brown?!!? Come on!!! Everyone knows old bald John Brown the gas station guy!!!!! He was once awarded a medal for public sanitation? They had a parade for Him!!!!! He's always asking after You!!!
2006-10-13 13:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a John Brown in Bottlesville Ks
2006-10-13 20:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know John Brown either
2006-10-13 20:49:06 · answer #3 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were just "lost in their own little world" and were thinking out loud and at the same time just making conversation but by no means trying to make you know "John Brown".
Your point has been taken though. Loud and clear.
2006-10-14 06:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by night_owl_in_il 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny how everyone uses brown then theyre giving an example of someone who noone really knows
2006-10-13 20:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guess they really want to know if you know the people they are talking about.
2006-10-13 20:58:32 · answer #6 · answered by KP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small town syndrome? I hate that crap.
2006-10-13 20:45:56 · answer #7 · answered by Sinner & Saint 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are freakin' idiots!
Just walk away...
2006-10-13 20:46:31 · answer #8 · answered by shlomogon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they want to seem like they know
2006-10-13 20:52:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋