The Really Stupid Questions Thread

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Yeshanu

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I know there's a "stupid questions" thread over in Novels, but really, they're not stupid questions at all, because the asker doesn't know the answer.

However, we all ask really stupid questions at one time or another. My own, today:

I asked my 15-year-old son, "Would you like some pizza?"


How about you? Any other stupid questions out there?
 

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Oooo where to start??

Once, my mom went out while I was with my friends, and she told me to call her when I got home. Well, I got home and forgot to call her, so she called me (to the house) and asked, "Are you home yet?" I was like duh!! if you called the house number and I answered, where else can I be?

I also hate it when she asks me: "Did you arrive home?" when she sees me walk into the house. No mom, you're just hallucinating.

Or the time a friend, who had hair down to his shoulders, cut his hair really short, less than an inch long, and all day long people kept asking him:
"Did you cut your head?"
"No! My head got bigger! Duh!!"
 

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when people ask, "are you going to hurt me?"

that one always cracks me up.
 

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I once called my husband at work asking him to pick me up something at the store, talked to him for five minutes, then asked him why he called me.

I use to be a waitress and got asked stupid questions on a daily basis.

Why doesn't my food look like the picture?

Can I substitute my toast for shrimp?

Why did they get their food before me? ("They" were seated at the same time as "me," but "they" ordered pancakes and "me" ordered well-done steak).

Where's the ashtray? (no smoking sign is placed directly above their heads)
 

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Since sheep are woolly, why don't they shrink when it rains?
 

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At the supermarket when the checkout chick asks, "Is this good?"

Duh, no, I'm buying it because it taste like cat feces.
 

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I asked my husband, "Why don't men listen?"

He said, "What did you say? I wasn't listening."
 

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Stupid question for a man to attempt to answer:

"Do I look fat in this dress?"
 

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Q&A With Dumb Customers:


Q: How much does this cost?
(I look at the large, legible price tag staring right at them, then read it to them)
A: It costs --.


(Customer points to big picnic table umbrella)
Q: Can that go outside?
A: (as polite a smile as I can muster) Yes.


Q: Do you guys sell <insert item>?*
A: No, I'm sorry, we don't.
Q: Are you sure?
(Blank stare)
*think of this one along the lines of walking into Radio Shack and asking if they sell shower curtains
 

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This happened two hours ago:

I'm a household mover. I put their new stove in and it wouldn't go back all the way - electric range replacing a gas range. The (fixed, copper) gas line blocked the space. Leading to this exchange:

Her: "Can you pull it out?"
Me: "The gas line?"
Her: "Yeah."
Me: "Uh... no."
 

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Before I went in the service I was a waitress in a Chinese restaurant.

Customer: "Are you Chinese?"

Me: "No, I just look like I am.



with blonde hair and blue eyes
 

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My son came home tonight and I said "I left dinner out for you."

He replied "Is it the one on the counter?"

Errr...
 

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Mr. Maryn and I were in a large department store with multiple stories. He looked at me and asked, in all seriouness: "Which way is up?"

Even though I knew he really wanted to know where the escalator was (because I can read his mind), I derived great pleasure from pointing skyward.
 

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"Should we fool around now, or is it too soon in the relationship?"
 

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I recently joked to an acquaintance and said, "I look good for 75, don't I," and I could see he was seriously thinking I could be that old! Yikes. lol.
 

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Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
 

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Susie said:
I recently joked to an acquaintance and said, "I look good for 75, don't I," and I could see he was seriously thinking I could be that old! Yikes. lol.
LOL...good thing you are married! :D Some men like really really older ladies. Right Braveheart?
 
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