Magic

[dsrtao]

If you ask me what seems to be a simple question, like "how did you do that?" and I say, "Magic.", it is not because I am making fun of you. It is because the only accurate answer I can give you is long and complicated and I don't have time for the hundred questions you would ask subsequently. I probably don't have time to explain it properly to someone who already has the required background.

Feel free to ask for a proper explanation some other time.

Comments

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Sounds much like my "magic", "black magic" (for "I'm not even sure I can explain it even if you did have the required background") and "it's a simple incantation" (aka, "I thought you did know how to do this")

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Then there's the mad scientist answer: "How? I'm a genius, that's how!"