The Questionnaire: D. Charles Whitney

By The QuestionnaireMarch 26, 2012

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Rushed for time, so I asked my personal assistant, Siri, to answer for me:

How do you get up in the morning?

I don't know that. Would you like me to search the web for it?

Do you succumb to nostalgia?

I've never really thought about that.

(Clearly, nostalgia ain't what it used to be)

How do you feel about your Wikipedia entry?

I am well.

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The Questionnaire is, as her name suggests, a multifarious and mysterious interlocutor. Chameleon-like, her questions change their color as they approach each new interviewee.