Something had to be done and, given Scott's health, the easy answer was irresistible.
"Is this your first baby, Sir?" It's like being asked "Have you ever eaten in a Harvester before?" – there is an irresistible human compulsion to answer "No, I haven't – please talk me through the complex process, laced with danger and social pitfalls, that is helping oneself from a buffet".
Observer readers will have answered the irresistible call of the espadrille.
They ask questions that don't so much demand an answer as prove irresistible.
So here begins an open deliberation leading eventually — in later articles, online videos and posts on ArtsBeat (artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com) — to my answer to this irresistible question: Who are the 10 greatest composers in history?
The case for a more proportional electoral system could then become irresistible, though that would not answer the immediate question of who governs.Certainly, there would be an historical neatness to a Labour-Lib Dem pact; Tony Blair privately sought such a deal before becoming prime minister in 1997.
It demanded 'one man, one vote' elections, stating that this was the only "realistic answer to the powerful and irresistible urge of the indigenous people for freedom and equality".
The satisfaction of having a short answer to a difficult question proved irresistible then, as it does today.
This then explains why even researchers with a very well defined research question will have the irresistible urge to keep on digging for the answers to their newfound questions.
"Mania" was the answer he supplied to the obvious but irresistible question "How did you manage to make so many movies?" and also the explanation for the ancient leatherbound books crowding the shelves behind him.
"As Boris was growing up whenever anyone asked him what he wanted to be, he would answer: 'World King'," she told the programme - Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise - to be broadcast later this month.
