On a good day I like to look confused, sort of telegraph that I need help but really not, you understand what I'm saying? While I do think of different things at one time, It's not just to get any easy answer to my apparent problem which is also varying due to my mood at the time but generally being social. I often just want to be heard rather than presented with an obvious solution which ends the conversation so given my mood so I may mean what I say but I may not necessarily say what I mean. Keep them guessing I guess until he looks as confused as I he thinks I am. Then I have achieved properly shared confusion. Perfect.