You might say, "No, but someday you may tax it." ---as Faraday is supposed to have said to an English prime minister when he asked what the usefulness of one of his electromagnetic devices was. (Nice story but apparently never happened <https://www.snopes.com/quotes/faraday.asp> .) On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Joerg Arndt <arndt@jjj.de> wrote:
Anyone being annoyed by this question when you presented something you found beautiful in its own? I certainly have. Plus, being a bit diplomatically challenged (ask Neil!), I'd like to hear a way of answering that question without appearing to be rude. "I don't care one bit" does not work, as I verified empirically.
Best regards, jj
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