CringeFest 6: Saying "question" before asking a q

Not "Can I ask a question?" or "May I ask a question?"
or "I have a question" but when people just say "question" and then ask their question, well, it's soooo tacky. Please don't learn/practice this awful habit.

What's wrong with "I have a question"? It's not a question, it's a statement.

Nothing is wrong with "I have a question".
Read the first post again...
To be clearer:
My gripe is when people say JUST the word "question"
before they ask a question. It makes me want to say "sentence"
before I speak a sentence.;)

Dwight on the American version of the Office does this with frequency. "Question: can I have an office?"

"May I ask a question?"

"Well, you have asked me one already, but you may ask another."

I usually say "OK, question" and then ask, there's nothing wrong about it.
Now, question: what's the deal with all the cringefests?

It's funny, and good to know what words not to use around certain people if you don't want them to cringe.

I have noticed a trend of people (usually men) sounding machine-like or robotic when speaking. I think it started with military people and police officers. For example they will use "vehicle" instead of "car", or other technical terms when referring to everyday things. The funniest thing is that they insist on using the word "gentleman" when referring to ANY male. On TV crime shows you'll find them saying things like "we arrived upon the scene to find this gentleman standing in a puddle of blood with a knife in his hand next to the body of his wife", or "these gentleman were picked up for vomiting outside the establishment at 4 in the morning". HELLO! Men who do those things are NOT gentlemen!

These are the same people who say "Question" before asking one. They probably also say "Note to self"!

Question: Why is it that every time I turn on the radio I hear the same five songs fifteen times a day for three months? Man, funk dat!

Да, сагат, я совершенно согласен. Я совсем не люблю Эйми Вейхаус! Я не знаю никого, кому она нравится. А они все таки заставляют нас слушать ее песни 5 раз в день!

Bill from Warwick, I loved your post. You have to understand that in the crime shows, the use of the word "gentleman" when referring to the dude vomitting naked in the subway, is done so to express irony. It's an attempt at humor. And you're right... it is very annoying when people say: "note to self" and "Question"....