Interviewer Good evening. Well, we have in the studio tonight a man who says things in a very roundabout way. Isn't that so, Mr Pudifoot? Mr. Pudifoot Yes. Interviewer Have you always said things in a very roundabout way? Mr Pudifoot Yes. Interviewer Well, I can't help noticing that, for someone who claims to say things in a very roundabout way, your last two answers have had very little of the discursive quality about them.
Interviewer Good evening. Well, we have in the studio tonight a man who says things in a very roundabout way. Isn't that so, Mr Pudifoot?
Mr. Pudifoot Yes.
Interviewer Have you always said things in a very roundabout way?
Mr Pudifoot Yes.
Interviewer Well, I can't help noticing that, for someone who claims to say things in a very roundabout way, your last two answers have had very little of the discursive quality about them.