Look it up

When I was a kid, and I didn't understand a word my dad had used, I'd ask him for the definition. Invariably, he'd tell me to go look it up. "You'll remember it better if you look it up."

Sure, I remembered it better. And, sure, in the case of looking up words, doing it myself is better.

However, when I'm helping a client, and he tells me to go look up an answer to a question I just asked about his specific site, one that directly relates to the design of his site, one that, oh, I don't know, maybe, only he can answer, telling me to go "look it up yourself" seems a little retarded to me.

If I could read your mind, I wouldn't have asked the question in the first place.

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