The question is moot

I don't like it when people preface a question directed at me by saying, "question" and then proceeding to ask me a question.

I am now turning the tables on these catch phrase goombahs by answering as so:

"Question. Did you find out what happened to those missing pages of the McMurtry file?"

"Answer. No."

Now I've branched out in hopes that the perpetrators will grab a clue and cling to it by prefacing all I say with a one or two word describer.

"Statement. I feel better today than I did yesterday."

"Observance. Nancy is getting a bit chunky around the waist."

"Exclamation. The boss has a Napoleon complex!"

"Strange interlude. The blue moustache is pared with the sins of brevity."

I'm not sure when this 'question' business got started, but understand, if you ask me a question, I'll know it's a fuckin' question. I don't need a heads up. I'm savvy that way.