Straight Line of the Day: What’s Your Example of a Rhetorical Question — or Is That a Dumb Question? Posted by Oppo on 2 January 2026, 12:00 pm
Rhetorical Effect: 2025 In Review IMAO website crashes three times and Gene and Bob B are the first ones to notice and start scratching their heads until it bleeds. (not winter itch) 1 Reply to this comment
IS that a dumb question? It gets pretty dicey if you have to declare “that depends on what the meaning of the word IS is” … 1 Reply to this comment
“Congress critters making 50x their annual salary every year, that wouldn’t involve any illegal activity, would it?” 2 Reply to this comment
“What in the hell do you think you’re doing?”
Rhetorical Effect: 2025 In Review
IMAO website crashes three times and Gene and Bob B are the first ones to notice and start scratching their heads until it bleeds. (not winter itch)
IMAO, ADHD? Whatever, it’s fifteen minutes to Wapner…
“When did your wife stop beating you?”
And I ask myself, “My God, what have I done?”
The one I get most often is “What the f*ck is wrong with you?!”
Were you always stupid, or is there some sort of head injury involved?
Do Democrats ever cheat in elections?
Are these pajamas too dressy for Wal-Mart?
IS that a dumb question? It gets pretty dicey if you have to declare “that depends on what the meaning of the word IS is” …
Yes, it is a dumb question. Why would I lie to you?
“When will all the rhetorical questions end?” George Carlin
What kind of idiot would ask a rhetorical question?
Hedley Lamarr
“What’s wrong with you?” never elicits a constructive response.
“Were you born stupid, or do you just work at it harder than most people?”
“Congress critters making 50x their annual salary every year, that wouldn’t involve any illegal activity, would it?”
“Kitty want some tuna?”
Who needs rhetorical questions?