Polling for Trooble

I asked random people a coupla days ago the following question:

"Jell-O or nuts?"

The overwhelming majority said, in order, "Huh?" or "Whut?"

American culture is wonderful. Gone are the days of "If my boss says jump, I say, how high?" Now I can't get a straight answer from anyone!

Couch the same question in the following questions, "I'm gonna ask you a very important question." Then, "Can you hear me all right?" And the majority will still say, "Whut?" to your benign question, nevermind that it's meaningless.