Can yes or no ever be the right answer to anything? Your answers

Can yes or no ever be the right answer to anything?

Yes!
Avril Taylor, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

• Certainly not!
John Geffroy, Las Vegas, New Mexico, US

• Yeah, nah.
Kate Light, Motueka, New Zealand

• Maybe.
Neil Johnson, Birmingham, UK

• Methinks our questioner doth toy with us.
Geoff Pearson, Perth, Western Australia

• Yes thanks, make mine a pint.
Roger Morrell, Perth, Western Australia

• Hard to imagine a wedding ceremony without one being mentioned.
John Benseman, Auckland, New Zealand

• Depends on who is doing the asking.
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya

Be careful: they can bite you!

What is the best way to catch a gadfly?

For the insect variety, you should tether a horse; for the human variety, identify what motivates that individual and then bait the hook appropriately.
Philip Stigger, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• With a dragnet!
Ann M Altman, Hamden, Connecticut, US

• Sprinkle salt on its tail – or so I was told as a child.
Keith Sayers, Charnwood, ACT, Australia

• Offer free food and drink.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada

• Close encounters with gadflies of any description are best avoided.
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia

• Gadabout with a fly swat.
Jenefer Warwick James, Paddington, NSW, Australia

• I suggest you don’t try to catch a gadfly, rather send him off with a flea in the ear.
Tijne Schols, The Hague, Netherlands

• Catch a concert featuring the music of Shostakovich and hope it’s on the programme.
Jim Dewar, Gosford, NSW, Australia

• Fly fishing.
Heddi Lersey, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Is someone right behind you?

What is the difference between questionable and problematic?

If it’s questionable, you will get away with it. If it’s problematic, someone will come after you.
Don Driscoll, Melbourne, Australia

• Difficulties that are only temporarily problematic should always be questionable.
Reiner Jaakson, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

• Describing inconvenient facts as fake news is questionable. That so many believe such a canard is problematic.
Margaret Wyeth, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Let’s get crazy near the end

Is old age sometimes wasted on the old?

Very often, since it would be so much more useful to the young.
Ian MacDonald, Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada

• Yes, almost always, just as youth is often abused by the young. As we age, we should be progressively indulging more and more in high-risk, exhilarating activities, culminating in death-defying antics when we approach the end of our allotted span. But tell that to members of your age cohort, many of whom seem to be declining in ambition, and they suspect you’re nuts.
Charles Helm, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Any answers?

Which of the Muses is your favourite, and why?
John Geffroy, Las Vegas, New Mexico, US

Where can one find a front-row seat to the greatest show on earth?
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya

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