Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
And, incidentally, we also say "Is the Pope Catholic?" and/or "Do bears shit in the woods?", but these are in response to questions with a very obvious "Yes" answer, not statements or predictions:

JOHN: "Do you think that Supreme Court Justice Scalia will vote against same-sex marriage?"
MIKE: "Do bears shit in the woods?"

JOHN: "I expect that Justice Scalia will vote against same-sex marriage."
MIKE: "Duh!"
This might just explain the attitude towards same sex couples in Russia - well, if you ask there, "is bear sh*t in the woods", you might not expect the duhing silence, but rather "what, it's in the streets man!", meaning not everything you normally expect to be obvious is that obvious in certain areas. =))