VampireBuddha
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Zyffyr
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johnnye
Since: Jan, 2001
Total posts: 6

The trope is about lawyers being obstructive in Perp Sweating scenes ("Did you kill that guy?" "Dont Answer That!"). Then it describes a "comedic version" wherein someone tries to avert a Rhetorical Question Blunder with the titular phrase ("Do I look like an idiot? ...er, don't answer that")
It isn't a "comedic version" - there's no relation other than the phrasing. I suggest moving all the examples of the latter to Rhetorical Question Blunder and adding a Do Not Confuse note to the description.
edited 7th Apr '11 2:04:56 PM by johnnye