> I should have been more clear, its more of a template, than a stock answer That and also there's no rule that says a person who is generating responses ahead

> I should have been more clear, its more of a template, than a stock answer That and also there's no rule that says a person who is generating responses ahead of time has to stick to exactly one possibility. When preparing for conversations it's important to walk down multiple paths at multiple branch points. To the point you've been raising in this thread it is about being prepared to be sharp in a conversation, not to railroad the other person and/or come across like a politician on the Sunday AM talk shows.