That trope also appeared on episode something or other... Sad reality is we all do it. (By all I mean some of us)
That'll shut up their question-asking forever, good tactic.https://twitter.com/michaelbates72/status/892510203261972480 …
Every time my kids say "I have a question" I hum to myself 
email your question to #answermethis podcast.... thanks @OllyMann @helenzaltzman
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I do the same. I can report it has had no effect on the intensity of question-asking over the many years I've been doing it.
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To be clear, though, I don't hum it. I full-on sing it, through "
@googlemail.com"
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I did the same thing for ages, but they co-opted the tactic! Now they hum it.
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Ha ha I do the same thing...
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Me too
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