I hear it all the time. It used to happen only rarely and only just on news programs, but now it seems to be an accepted manner of self-expression, and I hear it everywhere I go: someone’s speaking and suddenly s/he launches into the dreaded Self Interview.
Do I hate it when someone starts asking themselves questions, and immediately answering them?
Yes I do.
Is it simultaneously self-serving and pedantic, assuming that the listener is either incapable or too slow to analyze the speakers thoughts?
Yes it is.
Do I stop listening the moment it occurs?
Absolutely.
Scrambled, Not Fried 
Do I like this? I don’t think so.
Well, I definitely like Ron’s take on this subject.
Ron knows what I mean! 🙂
Do I do this? Oh, I hope not. And you have my total permission to tell me if I’ve launched into it, at any point.
It also irks me when they start their sentence with, “LOOK.”
and “you know?”. Or they try to finish your sentences with you. I get mean. I change the endings, hur hur
I was just ranting about the unison endings this week!! You have your thoughts, I’ll express mine. And to comment on the original blog posting – if the question was meant to be rhetorical, puh-lease…..answer it with silence!!!!