I don't know what the heck you are babbling about, 775, but I agree 100%. I don't know how many people in my life I have had ask me if I was paying attention to them. It almost got me fired a few times and I can't count how many women have asked me that question over the years. (I just love to take the ball and run with it) If you want to have some fun with a woman and drive her crazy, get in the habit of waiting til she is done talking and quickly ask a question back at her that has nothing to do with what she said. And when she screams, "DID YOU EVEN HER WHAT JUST I SAID?", repeat back to her the exact words she said and say, "See, I was listening!" After a few weeks of that, she'll be ready for the looney bin. Or better yet, when she is talking, just keep looking around the room, whistling, like you're not paying any attention to her. And when she asks you what she just said, repeat every word back to her exactly as she said it. After a while, you'll be blessed by never having to listen to her at all because she'll realize when she can't catch you at not paying attention to her, that she is totally inferior in intelligence to you. I guess I have had the knack for giving obnoxious women the ol' Heave Ho in the nicest ways over the years after asking her what I did wrong and having her scream at me that I always pay attention to her. Such is that grandeur life of Denny Crane. Mad Cow Extraordinare........:)