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Comment by Joel_Mckay

1 hour ago

But still refuse to answer "How many strings does a bass play with in water?" correctly, perhaps the chat monitors in the third world data entry centers will manually patch the nonsense for a more rational answer someday. lol =3

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wbobeirne  29 minutes ago

This was the first time I'd heard that gotcha question. I just threw it at Opus 5:

    None — a bass in water is a fish, and fish are notoriously bad at music.
    
    The instrument version plays four strings as standard (five and six-string basses exist for players who want to go lower or higher), and it prefers to stay dry.

Seems like a pretty good answer to me!

  • Joel_Mckay  14 minutes ago

    Indeed, giving a definite answer to an ambiguous nonsense question is still incorrect.

    A fish can play with as many strings as it finds, but only one when on a hook. Yet this too is an incorrect answer, as it again ignores the ambiguity in the phrasing. =3