Huh? Please explain how this is in any way similar to what happened
Ever played baseball with a kid?
You toss him a softball, instead of swinging and getting an easy homerun, he says I am prepared to hit that ball, as it lands at his feet...
Wallace tossed him a soft ball, and he failed to answer it.
We aren't Amelia Bedelia here, when someone asks are you prepared to say something, it is asking you to say it... Not to say you are ready to say it.
Ever checked out at the grocery store? Checkout clerk rings up all your groceries, and asks are you ready to pay, then you stare at him and say yes I am ready, and proceed to tell him how the other grocery store is much worse than this one or whatever other gibberish you want to get into, and you never actually pay, that is moronic, you are being asked to pay, you just pay...