I recently posted my first question on GA.  It was about the quote "I
am no man" from LOTR.  Your comment that it reminded you of MacBeth
was exactally what I was thinking of, but I thought it was just
another user who had responded so I cancelled the question.  I then
realized that researchers will post an answer as a comment if they're
not sure if that's what they questioner was looking for.  Could you
please reanswer the question so that you can get some money for it? It
had been driving me nuts for some time, and I'm happy to finally
figure it out.

Also, how much time do researchers spend answering questions?  Is it
something that you do for a couple hours when you have time to make a
little extra money, or is the volume of questions sufficient to make
it more of a full time thing?  Just curious.

Thanks

Thank you very much for offering to compensate me for my comment to
your earlier question! I posted my remarks as a comment rather than as
an answer because the Macbeth/Macduff situation wasn't exactly
analogous to the Éowyn/Nazgûl confrontation.

Another literary wordplay that is somewhat similar comes from The
Odyssey. Odysseus is imprisoned in the cave of a cyclops named
Polyphemus. When asked what his name is, Odysseus says his name is
"Noman." Later, after Odysseus has blinded Polyphemus, the other
members of the cyclops community call into the cave asking Polyphemus
"Is someone hurting you?" Polyphemus answers "Noman has hurt me." And,
of course, everyone thinks he has said "No man has hurt me," so they
go away thinking that everything is all right.

Regarding the matter of how much time Researchers spend answering
questions, that varies greatly from person to person. I suffer from a
chronic illness that keeps me housebound most of the time. Google
Answers is my sole source of income, and I spend most of my waking
hours here, fishing for questions. This is my 958th posted answer, so
it's obvious that some of the fishing leads to catching!

Some Researchers visit GA only occasionally, choosing the questions
that they find most interesting. The system is large enough to give us
lots of latitude in such matters. Some of the very best Researchers
have answered relatively few questions, but each answer is a gem.
Certain Researchers' answers are typically so well-done that I seek
them out and read them for entertainment (and I usually manage to
learn something, too!)

Best regards,
pinkfreud

stapalhead,

Pinkfreud is exceedingly modest.  

Typically, her answers are the ones read by other researchers -as she
herself described, and remarked upon [in the Researcher Community] as
being of the utmost highest quality.  In addition to that, nearly
every post of Pink's demonstrates her enigmatic wit, and incredible
humor.

It's very difficult to find something penned by Pink that is routine,
or uninteresting.

Reference:

A Pinkfreud Tribute Question: A Collection of her Gems 
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=332064


Pink, sorry to make you blush, but hey, you deserve it.  

~~Cyndy

Thank you for the five stars and the tip!

~pinkfreud