Before you jump into this argument, check yourself before you wreck yourself.

At the international conference, I asked her, "how many languages do you speak?" because I was curious about her background.

I walked up to the counter and asked, "how much do I owe you?"

I can't hear you over the sound of my own laughter, so save your lecture for someone who cares.

After the third failed audition, the casting assistant smiled thinly and said, 'don't ring us, we'll ring you,' before closing the folder.

At the family reunion, I asked my cousin, "how many siblings do you have," because we were trying to map our family tree.

When he tried to sell us that fake investment scheme, we reminded him that you can't catch old birds with chaff.

After several setbacks in his career, everyone agreed you can't keep a good man down when he was finally promoted to CEO.

When she teased him with 'I know you are, but what am I', he laughed awkwardly.

When the reporter demanded details about the plan, I could only reply, 'you ask me, I ask who,' and walk away.