Rantapalooza
I like to attend education classes geared for us old folks. You know when it is said there is no such as a stupid question, I beg to differ. It has been my experience that when I attend these lectures there are always people in the audience who raise their hands to ask a question. No problem. The problem begins when they begin their question by expounding on their knowledge ad nausea um before they finally arrive at their question. Oh, and by the way, had then been listening their question was probably already answered.
Note: people come to the lecture to hear the presenter not people in the audience.
Thanks. Rant over.
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And there are people who take the mic only to impress others. 
...when some people ask questions (and I mean old AND young), I often stand there smiling while someone goes through half of their life story before getting TO THE DAMN QUESTION! 
regardless of age.
My favorite at a big group meeting is when the third person to ask a question REPEATS the question asked by the first person (they didn't hear it and weren't paying attention but were rehearsing how they were going to ask the question.) Then they ask in a very angry way as though they are so upset that no one has answered the question yet.
And THEN they slink away when the room yells back that the question has already been asked and answered.
