Have you ever known anyone who, regardless of the circumstances, just has to engage in meaningless chatter whenever you encounter them? Even if you like them otherwise, they can be extremely annoying. They have to spend long minutes talking about he weather, or just something like, ‘hi, how’re you doin’ this mornin’, what’s up?’ There are no simple, short answers to this type of enquiry. Well, there are short answers. ‘I’m fine,’ and ‘nothing,’ come to mind. But the chatty person is never satisfied with them.
