Are you cooking beans? What time is it? Is Zorro on?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Letterman asks unrelated questions about cooking beans and a TV show.
- In plain terms
- He is asking about cooking and TV.
- What can you take from it?
- Ask direct questions when interested.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What interests you in daily life?
Another view
It lacks coherence without context.
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