diff --git a/process_event b/process_event
index 8014092..9c15651 100644
--- a/process_event
+++ b/process_event
@@ -372,6 +372,12 @@ function process_event
 
                 tell_fact "${thing}" "${channel_it_came_from}"
                 ;;
+		"${my_own_name}: what is "+([![:space:]]) )
+		thing="${sentence#${my_own_name}: what is }"
+
+		tell_fact "${thing}" "${channel_it_came_from}"
+		;;
+
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