I usually grab his face and say ‘FOCUS!’ but then again he’s 3 and a half and a child of mine.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir that’s a good one. I needed a laugh :)

@Chikipi yeah he’s a weirdo

Chop, chop, I ain’t got all day ye know.

I usually say “cut to the chase”

Say it! Say it or I will kill you.

So in conclusion…

What’s the bottom line? or cut to the chase.

“Whats the bottomline here”. do people really say what she said to you? some woman would say that to me and whatever she wanted would be history.

@john65pennington a lot of my patients tell me that when I’m introducing myself to them – people in Brooklyn just want to know everything in 10 seconds – I learned to deal with it..they usually swallow their words later.

I have a friend who only calls when he needs help with his computer. He’ll start off the conversation with a greeting and a howareya? but if he calls when I’m busy and he then starts to go off on a tangent (because I know why he’s calling) I’ll cut that short with, ”... but the real reason for today’s call is…” and let him get to his question.

My husband rambles. To him, the answer to a yes/no question involves an essay, which usually contains neither a “yes” nor a “no.” So I’ll listen to him start and then ask, “Wait, are you going to answer the question, or are you going to make me ask it again when you’re done?” or something like that.

“Cut to the Chase” or “What’s the bottom line” would be a decent way to get to the point. To talk about private parts like that? I don’t think so. Much agreed with SimoneDeB.

Is this all background??

Skid-addle straight to the situation.

Slap them on the back of the head, and say, your needle is stuck. :D
For those of you not old enough to know. Record (albums) needles use to get stuck and you had to tap the needle to get it going. (records, 8 track tapes, cassette tapes, then cds and now ipods.)

Try, “Do you have a question” or “Is there a point to all this?”