Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

[tree]

Are most of the secrets of the universe
to be found in Hollywood?

 

[Flinty]

Are you able to ask L. Ron Hubbard?

 

[tree]

Isn't he dead?

 

[Flinty]

Is that going to stop you?

 

[Kisa the tea]

Was that rhetorical?

 

[tree]

Isn't it possible to ask a question and yet, not receive an answer?

 

[Reckoner]

Isn't it rude to answer a question with a question?

 

[tree]

What do you think?

 

[Reckoner]

Shouldn't you answer this question?

 

[Kisa the tea]

Why would you suggest it's rude to answer a question with a question when you yourself are now guilty of doing exactly that?

 

[tree]

Isn't it true that some people project blame on to others?

 

[Flinty]

What is truth?

 

[tree]

Isn't "truth" a common noun?

 

[Reckoner]

Isn't the 'truth' that it is indeed rude to answer a question with a question?

 

[Flinty]

Is politeness not a societal construct?

 

[tree]

Can a hermit be rude to himself?

 

[Kisa the tea]

What if the hermit is a cat?

 

[Reckoner]

Isn't this game like being in a trap where no-one can quite answer anything (yes, even if the hermit is a cat)?

 

[tree]

How often do feline recluses offer
to answer anyone, anyway?

 

[Reckoner]

I could answer this in great detail (the study of how often feline recluses offer answers to people is a specialist subject of mine), but wouldn't I, in doing so, be breaking the rules of this game?