Quote Originally Posted by objective
How can I tell.... what? I was asking questions.
Indeed you were. My guess is that what you mean is that you were asking a rhetorical question.
If I can re-phrase the question without losing any of the meaning -
Q: When you, homintern, leave Hedda's arena, do you feel as smug as Hedda feels?
A: I don't know. How smug does Hedda feel? How can I measure how smug Hedda feels? How can I measure how smug I feel? What are the objective citeria for measuring smugness?