Note to interviewees: instead of talking about the 'incredible journey' you have been on, try the following words: Career. Life. Experiences. If you must bore us with your journey, at least vary the adjective. How about interesting? Wonderful. Educative. Exciting. I don't know. But do not tell me that starring in a tv show is the end of an incredible journey. You are not Sir Edmund Hillary. Similarly, do not answer every question by first saying, "that's a very good question". Politicians are prone to this time staller while they think of another question they'd rather answer. Academics who think we are all too stupid to be talking to them in the first place are always congratulating their interviewers on the perspicacity of their questioning. Yeah, right, Bub. Spare us the flattery. Just answer the question. I'll try to get my tiny brain around your answer. And finally. Hello NPR. Must you make every science program sound like Sesame Street? I don't really need Big Bird to explain genetics (even Big Bird couldn't make me understand but that's a different story). Just say the words and I'll try to get it.
Right. I've got dishes to wash and beds to change. Have I told you about how I became an innkeeper? It's been an incredible journey.
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