for nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person, - Arthur Conan Doyle

I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.

Read it up – you really should. There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before.

The main thing with people of that sort is never to let them think that their information can be of the slightest importance to you. If you do, they will instantly shut up like an oyster. If you listen to them under protest, as it were, you are very likely to get what you want.