brenda: *asks question* emily: how many people have answered this?  brenda: 8 emily: oh okay, then it's an appropriate question
if more than five people have answered the question before they asked you or you asked them, it's appropriate
"brenda: *asks question* emily: how many people have answered this?  brenda: 8 emily: oh okay, then it's an appropriate question" What is the definition of "appropriate question"?