Why fight it? (thought of our changing English language)
What's the use?
Are you kidding?
What in the world ...?
[Added since the 2012 elections:] Is the world going crazy or what?!
A quick review before the final week of school in our district. (“Where’s the verb?” -- alluding to an old Wendy’s ad about beef.) Who's going to take this seriously, the last week of school? Fun and games -- what is the purpose of the last week of school, anyway?
No need to go into fascinating details now. Take this wiki website as my recommendation for summer reading while (also see YouTube video of) waiting in line at Lagoon:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question
"Rhetorical
question"
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia“A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point. … For example, the question ‘Can't you do anything right?’ [a question Kay is tempted to ask some of her English students] is asked not to gain information about the ability of the person being spoken to, but rather to insinuate that the person always fails.” (It goes on; why stop here?)
Wikipedia has everything I'd ever want to know about rhetorical questions, which isn't an awful lot -- all FREE without obligation. (Merriam-Webster requires sign-up for a free 14-day trial. Do I look stupid?) Question: Is Wikipedia awesome or what!
Just
for fun, regarding the aforementioned Lagoon: (What was he thinking?)
youtube.com/watch?v=peWvyae1C44