It was all straightforward until I found a twist in the tale.
It's a straightforward process.
They would have no point.
It's turns that aren't so straightforward.
He said it was difficult but it sounds pretty straightforward
straightforward.
Sorry, the door's locked.
Edit 1: 86 upvotes - by far the most I've ever had. Either this was just super clever or I need to post more.
We get down to the fortune cookies and we all read ours straightforward. Maybe an added "in bed" at the end. Then my dad reads his "Help, I'm trapped inside a fortune cookie factory!"
After unpacking a simple and straightforward gift I turned to my dad and mentioned,
"Hey, there is no owners manual."
Without pause he just looks back and says,
"Well of course it's an owners automatic"
'Interactive lecture' in a Systems Engineering class (not that that's relevant) when the Assistant Professor starts directing questions to the students to move forward in the lecture material.
Settles on me and asks me a pretty straightforward question that I started overthinking and got all deer-in-the-headlight-y.
Fancies himself some sort of comedian so he quips "C'mon, I'm throwing you a softball (question)."
To this I come up with an immediate response: "I don't play softball."
Coworker: "I couldn't understand his spreadsheet. When I make mine, I highlight x in grey, and y in green. It's very straightforward and black and white."
me: "If it's got green and yellow on it, how is it black and white?"
