Skiprr wrote:On the other hand, if I say, "What's your name?" it's likely that, if even for a millisecond, "What'd he ask that for?" is going to flash in between your last thought and your next.
Also, "Head or gut?" while soon-to-be satisfying, isn't going to look good in the police report.
This is a tried and true tactic in human interactions. Think about the last time you haggled with a salesman over a new car. Odds are, at several points during the proceedings he used a question to regain control of the conversation, used that brief disruption in your cognitive processing.
Having worked in sales, I try to be ready with equally distracting answers for many of those questions. It's a great way to get the point across to a pushy salesman that you won't tolerate a hard sell. It's pretty effective against anybody else that's trying to use similar tactics to persuade you as well.