When you are listening to someone and he's rambling on and on and it seems to be an eternity, the French unlike Americans are much more blunt and have some colorful expressions to express this state of frustration. They would not stay, pretend to be listening and smile to someone who is talking endlessly!
They would say something like:
-Et le shérif! il est mort à la fin? (which refers to western movies which are usually long)
-T'as pas soif? (since the person is talking non-stop, and you're just sarcastically asking him if he's not thirsty!)
-Et je t'ai pas demandé si ta grand-mère fait du vélo? (this is kind of rude! You're are actually telling him: I didn't ask you if your grandmother rides a bicycle? I know it's kind of awkward, isn't it? But that's what we say when someone is not answering your question straight away ;-) )
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