If I remain silent, the proper response is, “You don’t say.

“English is the most dominant language in the world philosophically, culturally,…”

“While I was there, the song reminded me of here. But now that I’m here, the son…”

“I ate a rainbow in a bowl, because it’s better than eating rain soup. Food and …”

“The book wasn’t half bad. But only because I only read half of it.”