"There are no stupid questions" - that is total BS - there are a lot of

[JimmyJazz]

stupid questions, starting with "does my ass look fat in this dress?" - If you ask that question of someone, they are totally screwed because there is no right answer.

What other stupid questions do people ask?

[Wetzelbill]

1. uh..just for the record

it doesn't.

:hide:

[JimmyJazz]

3. Just for the record: I've never asked anyone that question.

[Wetzelbill]

22. Good move!

BTW, I always have liked your name. It's cool and catchy. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Not to mention a kickass song

[JimmyJazz]

26. Thanks - It has it's moments! People assume that I am male,

but that's cool. :)

[Wetzelbill]

32. it took me a little bit

You said something from a female POV once and I was like: WTF? I saw your pic on a thread too. My dense male brain figured it out then. :)

[JimmyJazz]

34. You could also click on my profile

:D

I had it "undeclared" for a while, but eventually gave up. Although recently, someone said I post like a male. I thought that was a little odd.

[Wetzelbill]

39. Psh..clicking a profile would require "effort"

I am much too lazy for that. :)

You post like a male? hahaha I don't even know what to think of that comment. It is a little odd. :)

[Zomby Woof]

2. If I pick my nose at a traffic light, does that count?

:shrug:

&

:bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :yourock: :party: :spank: :beer: :toast:

[JimmyJazz]

5. Cut and paste is our friend.

:P

And no, it doesn't count :silly:

[Zomby Woof]

8. mmmmmpaste

It's my favorite snack. :D

[GOPisEvil]

4. Does this smell bad?

Gah! If you think some food has spoiled, throw it out, don't make ME smell it. :puke:

[bicentennial_baby]

16. Did you see this thread?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3691697&mesg_id=3691697

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

18. !!!

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

25. you must be getting a pretty funny impression of my mom

:P

[GOPisEvil]

28. She sounds like a freaking hoot!

:D

[ghostsofgiants]

6. "Was James Bond a real person?"

This was asked by a straight A student in my grade 12 history class.

"What was that Ernest movie where he goes to camp?" asked by my friend who is an engineering student.

[bigwillq]

10. The second question

:rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

13. It was hilarious when she asked...

We were sitting in the food court on campus talking about Ernest movies and she piped in with that question,. The rest of our jaws collectively dropped, then we burst into laughter. Highlight of my university career so far.

[MrScorpio]

15. James Bond's character was based on the WWII adventures of Ian Fleming

The name was taken from a famed American ornithologist



The answer is sure.

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Interesting...

I couldn't find any information on Ian Stirling though.

But the question was in the context of was there a man with all kinds of women and gadgets that was the most brilliant spy ever.

[MrScorpio]

27. Fuck - it's Fleming

I hate it when I do that

[ghostsofgiants]

31. Duly noted, sir

[Dukkha]

33. same with Sherlock Holmes

a LOT of people think he was real.

[BooScout]

7. The correct answer would be:

"Your ass could never look big in anything and you look gorgeous in that dress."

*sigh....men*:*

[mac56]

14. No. The correct answer is:

"I think you look beautiful in that dress, but you're the best judge of how you feel."

*sigh....women*:*

[ailsagirl]

9. Not a question but a statement that phone-in callers always make:

"Hi. Thanks for taking my call."

I never understood that one. :shrug:

[Zomby Woof]

11. Ok, here's a real one

A customer of the train route which runs to the Grand Canyon asked: "At what elevation do the deer turn into elk?" :crazy:

[JimmyJazz]

17. bwhahahahaha -

what's the answer? :P

[Zomby Woof]

29. the answer is...

They all turn into reindeer when they get to Santa's place at the North Pole! :yoiks:

[JimmyJazz]

35. Here's a really stupid question: what's in your sig line that I'm only

seeing a red x? *pout*

[Zomby Woof]

38. My DU name in a stylized font

I see it fine... so I hope nothing is wrong with your system. :-(

[JimmyJazz]

40. Now that you mention it, I could see it from my computer

at work. rut-ro-raggy. :(

[gmoney]

46. I don't sees it either...

Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

[DS1]

12. For every stupid question there are two stupid threads

:spank: :D

[JimmyJazz]

19. this is nothing compared to this afternoon's "let's make sweeping

generalizations" threads. So get over it. :spank: :D

[WhollyHeretic]

20. What's a question?

[JimmyJazz]

23. And with you, my point is proven.

:P

[Crazy Guggenheim]

30. I heard of one person asking "What Time is the midnight buffet?"

[JimmyJazz]

36. ha ha ha ha - again. My point is proven.

:hi:

[Dukkha]

37. you want to hear REALLY dumb questions

go to a sci-fi convention where a celebrity is doing a Q&A.

I heard these:
"What's it liked to be beamed?"
"How does it feel to be shot?"
"Why can't people be transported when they're moving?"
"Why do klingons have bumpy heads?"

[Elidor]

41. Cluelessness

[sundog]

42. do you like me?

and people i know feel obligated to say yes

i'll avoid doing that in the future :P

[JimmyJazz]

43. I don't like you, but I love you.....seems that I'm always thinking of you

:o

I do love you, sweetie petie :D

[sundog]

44. see, i did it again!

stop lying! :P

[JimmyJazz]

47. I don't lie.

You know that. Check your messages, you silly man.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

45. "There are no stupid questions" = "I want you to ask me the good,

important questions you might otherwise be afraid to ask, if I don't carefully disguise my mirth and disgust when you ask the stupid ones."

[Lydia Leftcoast]

48. Next time you're with a bunch of people in different professions, ask them

what stupid remarks/questions they hear again and again.

Actors: "How do you learn all those lines?"

English teachers: "Oh, now I'll have to watch how I speak."

Mathematicians: "Oh, I was never any good at math."

Clergy: "What's it like to work only one day a week?"

Foreign language teachers: "I can't even speak English."

Tall people: "How's the air up there?"

Japanese-English Translators:

"Are you fluent?" (Don't they realize that's the same as asking, "Are you competent?")
"Have you been to Japan?" (No, I've just devoted my entire adult life to work connected with this modern and easily accessible country, but I've never been to it.)

When I was a graduate student in linguistics, the most common question was, "Are you going to be an interpreter at the U.N.?"

Add your own.

[JimmyJazz]

49. Here's a classic. I once asked a not to be named rock star if they

ever got tired of the media being in their face all the time. Answer: (picture right hand making karate chop into left while speaking) You know, sometimes I just wanna look at them and say, 'I just wanna take a shit....can you bother me later, because right now, I just wanna take a shit..."

True story. :)

[Schema Thing]

53. "Is photography art?"

[Schema Thing]

50. "what is the purpose of life"

scchhhtttoooooooopid question. Made all the more irritating by the fact that most people think they are going deep when they ask it. grrr:eyes:

[Schema Thing]

51. ps... can't see your ass, but your legs look great in that dress

:toast: *a toast to your legs*

[JimmyJazz]

52. check your message, pookie

:D

[texas1928]

54. Dumbest one I ever got.

"did you get your leg cut off?"

Honest to god, he asked that.

I looked at him and said, "nope, left them in my other pants."


He actually thought about it.

[JimmyJazz]

56. Gawds that sounds like Bill Engvall!

I'm sorry. People can be so stupid.

[EstimatedProphet]

55. One I got once

I was working at a refuge in northern Missouri for a Bald Eagle public relations event, and someone asked me where they could see the penguins.

[JimmyJazz]

59. Must resist urge to ask.....

Okay - what did you tell him/her?

[EstimatedProphet]

61. I informed thme that penguins live at the south pole

They were under the impression that there was a big penguin fall migration every year through the northern plains. I told them that they mean pelicans, and they said, oh, well can we see those?
Penguins, pelicans-I guess the P-birds are easy to confuse.

[spacelady]

57. I was purchasing a paperback at the grocery store and the clerk asked

"do you like to read these books with all the words? I like picture books better."

Just trying to make conversation, I guess.

[Liberalynn]

58. I got a few

In my junior year of highschool a fellow student asked our history teacher these two questions:

"Did we fight the Amercian Revolution against the French?"

"Were there motorized tanks in 1812?"

I kid you not and this was a NY State Regents history class, but then again she was blonde and a cheerleader, sorry for the sterotyping but this particular case was true.

Also I used to work at a city park by the lake as an admissions attendant and TPTB used to not allow dogs because they were afraid of lawsuits if someone got bit, and also didn't want people having to step in doggie doo doo. Not defending the policy just stating what it was. Any way there were signs up all over saying no dogs, and even a sign with a picture of a dog and a slash drawn through it, and sure enough almost everyday someone would come up to me and ask "can I bring my dog in?" One lady even tried "but it's not a dog, it's a puppy doesn't that make a difference?"

Personally I always wanted to ask them "Can you read?"

[Flying Dream Blues]

60. "What do they put in milk?"

As in, what are the ingredients in the recipe of this wonderful drink called milk? Someone I knew in high school asked this question of a table full of dumbfounded girls. She was totally serious, too.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

62. In eighth grade science class, we were learning about the brain, and

our teacher was talking about persistent vegetative states, explaining that people in that state were unable to think or perceive and had only reflex actions.

One boy raised his hand and asked with wrinkled brow, "But what do they do for entertainment?"

[skygazer]

63. When is fourth of July this year?

I've been asked that one and they didn't mean the day of the week - they meant the date.

[jmowreader]

65. That's not actually a stupid question; it just sounds like one

The day we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence is no longer called The Fourth of July--it's called Independence Day, because it's celebrated on the first Friday or the first Monday in July. whichever one's closest to the 4th. They do this because everyone hates taking a day off for the Fourth on Thursday, going in for one day then taking a three-day weekend. With Independence Day, you always have a four-day weekend.

Lots of people still call Independence Day by its original name, The Fourth of July.

Since "The Fourth of July" is a synonym for "Independence Day," it makes sense that people would ask the date.

[baby_mouse]

64. "What does this button do" - PRESS nt

[Zomby Woof]

66. Overheard in a Dollar Store

"How much does this cost?"

[usedtobesick]

67. At a restaurant in Wallingford Ct to my Scottish boss

What day do they celebrate Christmas in England?