On 11/12/2018 16:11, RJH wrote:
On 11/12/2018 15:24, Martin Brown wrote:

I recall once asking a salesman in an electric goods shop the
difference in functionality between two models which looked to me
superficially the same but for radically different prices. His answer
"the model number".

Overheard a shopper ask the Tesco fishmonger (well, dressed as one)
'What's the best way to cook this'. Reply: 'However you like'.

That's all right if the shopper wants to know whether to fry, bake,
steam, grill, poach &c.

I think s/he meant to ask, "*How* should I cook this fish?"

You've got to ask the right question.

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Max Demian