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It’s Ask a Stupid Question Day!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Today is Ask a Stupid Question Day, a lesser-known but actual day set aside by teachers to encourage their students not to be afraid to ask stupid questions.
Some people, however, need little encouragement. As Jennifer Brett points out in her story today, we are not suffering from a drought of stupid questions. For example:
“How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a basketball game?” — From the final exam in former University of Georgia assistant basketball coach Jim Harrick Jr.’s course. .
“Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it’s tuna, but it says Chicken by the Sea.” — Jessica Simpson.
In the spirit of this unique day, we invite you to send in your stupid questions. This blog will attempt to provide answers, where possible. Some answers may themselves be stupid, some may contain great wisdom, and some may be as random as shaking a Magic 8 Ball. But they will be answers.
Post your questions below and we will try to answer them and add them to this main entry. So check back later for your answer.
Our answered questions so far:
Question: What do you call one M&M?
Answer: Dessert, according to my diet.
Question: How long till Michael Vick becomes a preacher?
Answer: Is that in human years or dog years?
Question: Will a man ever win an argument with a woman?
Answer: Let me get back to you on that one. I have to go find a 10-foot pole.
Question: So you live in New Mexico? How is it living in a foreign country?
Answer: Presumably the person thinks New Mexico is a part of Mexico. By this logic, New York is part of England. And New Jersey is part of a cow.
Question: Sophie asked, Why is the sky blue?
Answer: Actually, Sophie, this is a real question with a complicated answer having to do with the atmosphere, how the eye perceives color, stuff like that. We’re dealing with stupid questions today. Maybe some other time we can do hard questions.
Question: What state is Washington, D.C. in?
Answer: Most often, a state of Cluelessness.
Question: If “Dippin’ Dots” is the “Ice Cream of the Future”, why do they sell it now?
Answer: Even more disturbingly, they sold it in the past.
Question: What is a blog?
Answer: “Blog” is short for “bloggin,” one of the characters created by J.R.R. Tolkein in “Lord of the Rings.” The bloggins talked in a language that made sense to them, but was nonsense to everyone else, despite all attempts to translate. So when people began finding their own voices on the Internet, they initially called their sites “bloggins,” which was shortened to “blogs.” Now you know.
Question: Is it proper to say “the white of an egg is yellow” or “the white of an egg are yellow”?
Answer: Trick questions are down the hall, second room on the left. We’re stupid questions.
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By monteal
September 28, 2007 8:31 AM | Link to this
on a vacation to Florida some one asked so you live in new Mexico? how is it living in a foreign country?
in a Sunday school class Dosen’t the bible say not to marry another race? ( the bible says not to marry a non Christian if your a Christian, not another race)she was ignorantly prejudice
come on people step out of your own little world !
By Becky
September 28, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this
While watching a golf tournament with my stepdaughter (age 30) one Sunday, I commented on the fact that Tiger Woods always wears a red shirt for Sunday’s round. She asked, “What color shirt does he wear if he’s not playing golf?”
By michelle
September 28, 2007 8:38 AM | Link to this
A friend recently had her first child. Since I’m the mother of two already, she often asks me for advice. I recently asked her if her 4-month old had begun eating cereal, meaning infant cereal.
She responded by saying they planned to start that week. Then she asked me, “Do I just grind up Cheerios in the food processor?”
It took everything I had not to fall on the floor laughing. When I picked my jaw up off the floor, I set her straight, but all I could think was, “Poor baby!”
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this
Question: On a vacation to Florida some one asked so you live in new Mexico? how is it living in a foreign country?
Answer: This is the second question about New Mexico being a foreign country. Presumably the person thinks New Mexico is a part of Mexico. By this logic, New York is part of England. And New Jersey is part of a cow.
Anyone who has been out west knows New Mexico is a state, and Venice Beach, Calif., is another country. Or another planet.
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 8:48 AM | Link to this
Question: “What color shirt does Tiger wear if he’s not playing golf?”
Answer: I’m actually having trouble seeing the stupidity here. Is this maybe a Zen koan?
By Sweet Swagga
September 28, 2007 8:54 AM | Link to this
I was working for a company that delivered products in the US. The caller said that the item was going to Washington D.C. I asked, “what state is ‘Washington D.C.’ in?” She laughed so hard, that I almost hung up the phone! EM-BAR-RASS-ING!
By Kat
September 28, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this
As a librarian, I always tell people there are no stupid questions. If you don’t know, ASK! That’s why I have a job. Having said that, I have heard a few that are in a league of their own.
A favorite that I get asked a lot at work, always by high school students with assigned reading, is, “Do you have that book, How to Kill a Mockingbird”? I’m always tempted to direct them to the hunting section.
Another fave: “Where can I get a photograph of George Washington?” I also get asked the same question about dinosaurs. Apparently, sometimes a really good painting just won’t do.
Favorites that were not asked of me, but of colleagues:
Why were so many Civil War battles fought on National Park land?
Do you have a life size model of the earth? His response: Yes, but it’s in use right now.
My best friend growing up was a girl with a twin brother. I lost count of how many people, upon finding out she had a twin brother, would ask, “Are you identical twins?” Eventually she started saying, “Yes, except for one little thing”, which baffled the questioner and irritated the life out of her brother.
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this
Here’s a classic….. “Do you know who I am?”
By PJ
September 28, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this
Some years ago I started a new job. My boss- the plant superintendent- knew I was born in Puerto Rico. While filling out some papers, he asked me: So, when did you become a citizen (of the US)?
I looked at him and flat out told him: “You’ve got to be kidding me.” He just looked at me and replied- “No, really, when did you become a citizen?”
I’m sure he got that question wrong in 5th grade.
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this
Question: What state is Washington, D.C. in? Answer: It varies. Sometimes the District is in a state of Confusion. Occasionally, a state of Panic, or Agitation. Most often, a state of Cluelessness.
By geekboy
September 28, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this
This is true: I was at the Kroger on Ponce and two women checking out in front of me were engaged in conversation. One woman was lamenting that her son had been put in jail, and was emotionally traumatized because he had to submit to a ‘cavity search.’ The other lady said — “Why did that bother him so much? Doesn’t he brush his teeth regularly?”
Now that is stupid!!!
By Old Movie Manager
September 28, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this
I used to manage movie theatres in the early 1980’s. We got these questions a lot:
How much is the dollar buttered popcorn? (Yes, it has gone up a lot) We used to answer “$2.00” and a lot of people would try to pay it.
What time is the midnight movie? We would say “I don’t know” and they would nod as if they understood and wander away.
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this
Question: Do you know who I am? Answer: You are AlohaVampire. Are you saying that’s not your real name?
By sophie marie clemson
September 28, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this
hey im sophie and i was just wondering… why is the sky blue?? do you have an answer??? :) thanks!! <3
By Bill Heller
September 28, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this
Is it wrong that I like this blog?
By sophie marie clemson
September 28, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this
hey im sophie and i was just wondering… why is the sky blue?? do you have an answer??? :) thanks!! <3
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this
How long until Michael Vick becomes a preacher?
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 9:10 AM | Link to this
Question: Do you have that book, How to Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: You scare it to death by shouting “Boo!”
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this
Question: Sophie asked, Why is the sky blue?
Answer: Actually, Sophie, this is a real question with a complicated answer having to do with the atmosphere, how the eye perceives color, stuff like that. We’re dealing with stupid questions today. Maybe some other time we can do hard questions.
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this
Question: Is it wrong that I like this blog?
Answer: You could certainly be spending your time better, Bill. But we’re glad you’re enjoying it.
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 9:16 AM | Link to this
Question: How long till Michael Vick becomes a preacher?
Answer: Is that in human years or dog years?
By Carbon Footprint
September 28, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this
What is the mission of US troops in Iraq?
Who is our President?
Why didn’t Rumsfeld attack Osama when Bush ordered him to attack Osama in the summer of 02 when the CIA had Osama surrounded and flushed?
Did Rumsfeld commit treason when he refused a direct attack order from our Commander in Chief during a time of war?
What was Cheney’s role in stopping Rumsfeld from capturing and destroying Osama and his band of Al Queda lunatics?
Sometimes truth seems stupid. Stupid questions seem so real. It’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity.
Ask stupid questions. ask. stupido. questionairaiz….
I SAID ASK STUPID QUESTIONS!!
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this
Does Vick do it doggie-style?
By Mrs. Warren
September 28, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this
My husband asked me what I was going to write my autobiography about.
By bebe
September 28, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this
I once asked a Georgia Tech professor how old dirt was, and several days later he came back with a big wad of papers with an answer.
By Becky
September 28, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this
My boss (VP) one time had a clock that the hands were going backwards on it & she called me & a coworker into her office to ask us if we thought it was because she put the batteries in backwards? I just bit my tongue & walked away.
By emjay
September 28, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this
In college, I was sitting on the porch studying with my friend. We’d been to lunch earlier that day and had brought our drinks back with us, and the cups were sitting on the small table between us. I suppose my brain was focused on my studies, because I picked up one of the cups and while motioning to the one left on the table asked her: “Is this mine or is that yours?” She replied: “yes”
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this
Will black comedians have an act if the ‘N’ word is banned?
By Ami
September 28, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this
Where was Paul going on the road to Damascus?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this
What do you call one M&M?
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this
I misunderestimated how dumb people can be.
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this
Who’s your daddy?
By Stephanie
September 28, 2007 9:40 AM | Link to this
When the announcement was made that Atlanta would be hosting the 1996 Olympics, a co-worker wanted to know if they would be holding the ice skating events on Lake Lanier. We were all so stunned we were at a loss for words. And yes, she is a blonde.
By J Williams
September 28, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this
Why do some people make up things in their own mind and then want to argue about these made up things with the rest of us?
By Yocka Tocka
September 28, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this
David O’Brien inexplicably puts the lyrics to songs at the end of each blog. Has anyone at the AJC ever asked if that is a copyright infringement? Or does the paper pay a royalty to the songwriter or publisher for this?
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this
Last year my kid asked me why the Easter Bunny laid colored eggs… He was 9.
My kid is now in private school.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this
Will a man ever win an arguement with a woman?
By JB
September 28, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this
I have a friend who has the same name as someone famous. Whenever she makes a purchase or shows her ID, people ask “Is that really your name?”
By PJ
September 28, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this
Getting a call at 2:00 AM and the caller asking: Did I wake you?
Entering a store and asking: Are you open?
Going to the doctor’s office and being greeted with a: How are you?
Your wife asking: Does this make me look fat?
Blonde 2 blonde: Who do you think is smarter, Jessica Simpson or Britney Spears?
By Carbon Footprint
September 28, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this
Why is the sky blue?
It has to do with the nature of light itself. Light is radiation. Radio waves is light is Xrays is radiation is gamma rays is light is ultraviolet light is infrared light is radiation is ALL THE SAME THING. (just different frequencies).
Light doesn’t reflect off of anything ever. Light has never reflected, nor could it. That would be impossible.
Most folks dont know that light does not reflect off the molecular structure of solids, liquids, or gasses.
If light reflected off of things, then everything would look white and we could see nothing.
What happens when light strikes the molecular structure of any solid, liquid, or gas?
The molecular structure absorbs all of the light. All of it. Then, the energy of the absorbed light (radiation) causes the electrons in the atoms comprising the molecular structure to emit their OWN light (radiation) and that light is a specific color.
Solids, liquids or gasses glow on their own. They dont reflect any light from any source, not even a lightbulb (radiation) which is exactly like sunlight (radiation). All things absorb light (radiation).
All things absorb light. Your hair absorbs light, and then emits it’s own light as brown grey or red. Your shoes absorb light, and then emits their own light as black white or red. Your fake rolex absorbs light, and then emits it’s own light as cheap brass.
The molecules in our sky absorb all of the sunlight (radiation) and are induced to emit the color blue all by themselves. The sky glows blue, by itself, with light that the sky itself emits. The radiation (sunlight) from the sun makes the molecules emit blue light by forcing the electrons to change orbit. Electrons always emit photons when they change orbits. Emiting photons is radiation. That’s what matter does. It absorbs and emits radiation, (light).
So a chair emits it’s own light to your eyes. Every chair in your house is a solar panel of sorts which glows by itself, absorbing light and using that light to energize the orbital changes which allow the electrons in the chair to tell you where it is, what color it is, and what it looks like.
Thank you.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this
? Dyslexia causes What
By michelle
September 28, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this
yeah this is my fave….gets most everyone every time:
Q: how do you pronounce the capital of kentucky? loo-vull or looey-ville?
A: neither. the capital of kentucky is frankfurt.
:)
By RUChinaDoll
September 28, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this
I was once a park ranger in Virginia. The focal point of the park I worked at was a lake made by the CCC. One day, a middle-aged woman walked up to me with such a concerned look on her face. This was our conversation:
“Can I help you?” “This is a man made lake, right?” “Yes, ma’am.” “Well, why isn’t the water blue, like a pool?”
I guess she expected one of those fancy cement ponds with chlorinated water!
By Charles Nealy
September 28, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this
Why do drivers from Florida who are traveling through the state drive at a slow rate of speed and drive in the far left lane?
By Charles Nealy
September 28, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this
Why do drivers from Florida who are traveling through the state drive at a slow rate of speed and drive in the far left lane?
By One
September 28, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this
Is “misunderestimate” a word?
Answer: NO!
Once after ordering “a dozen nuggets” at Chik-fil-A, the cashier told me they only came in 6 or 12!! I almost screamed………too funny!
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this
How does an Albino know if he has Conjunctivitis?
By Mark
September 28, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this
Is it proper to say “the white of an egg is yellow” or “the white of an egg are yello”?
By Nick
September 28, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this
I had a friend that while we were on vacation in Florida once was commenting on how good a brand of beer that he had never tried before was, and then proclaimed “As soon as we get back to the States we have to get some of this.” Sure, he doesn’t travel often, but it was still funny.
By Dave
September 28, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this
What is the meaning of “is”?
By Gary the K
September 28, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this
What’s the telephone number for 911?
By Gary the K
September 28, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this
The white of an egg is albumen
By LP
September 28, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this
True story … A woman entered the doctor’s office and sat down. A few minutes later, a man came in and sat down beside her. She asked him, “Did you find a park?”
Answer: “Honey, the car’s an automatic. It finds its own park.”
By Becky
September 28, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this
Hey, Phil, here’s your sign. If Tiger’s not playing golf, how would you know what color shirt he’s wearing? Think about it.
By Carbon Footprint
September 28, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this
If a woman is alone in the woods, with no one around for miles, not even a squirrel, is she still talking?
By Gary the K
September 28, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this
Charles, the motto for drivers in Florida is “sit low and drive slow”.
By Carol
September 28, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this
I presented the empty prescription bottle to the pharmacy clerk and asked for a refill. She looked at bottle, then at me, and said, “Have you been here before?”
By DLR
September 28, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this
If “Dippin’ Dots” is the “Ice Cream of the Future”, why do they sell it now?
By just curious
September 28, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this
Why do we call William Bill for short? Why is Richard Dick for short?
By Old School
September 28, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
On a car trip, my younger sister spied some cattle egrets flocking around a herd of cows. She asked, “Do those birds come with the cows or do you have to buy them separately?”
By Sue
September 28, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this
I teach the visually impaired in Fulton County. Others, when they hear of my job, say things like, “Oh, that must be so rewarding!” However, the ones that are in a category all their own, say, “Wow! Do you know sign language?”
By Pete Mitchel
September 28, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this
While working at the airport, a passenger asked me where gate A25. I told them is was down the concourse on the left. They asked, “Are the getes in numerical order?” I started to tell them, ” No, we try to confuse the intelligent travelers.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this
This was in a free weekly magazine taking a toll about Atlantans. Under the catagory ‘Gender’ they had 3 choices: Male, Female, Other?
By jack
September 28, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this
Hey Becky. Here’s your sign back…ever hear of paparazzi?
By Pete Mitchel
September 28, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this
Another airport DAQ. While looking at the arrival monitor, a passenger ask, “What does ” i n ” mean?”
By Dave
September 28, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this
Why do boiled eggs blow up in the microwave.
By Bill
September 28, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
One, Misunderestimate is a word because our president said so.
Becky, You missed the zen reference. Think about it.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this
At the bottom of this column it states ’ *HTML not allowed in comments’. Does that mean I cannot send you hate mail?
By Say what say what ?
September 28, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
My sister calls me at work, when I answer she’ll ask me am I at work. I’ll answer he by saying “what number did dial” she’ll say my number then I’ll tell her to hold on and let me check to see if I’m at work since she called me at work. Sometimes dumb questions deserves a dumb answer.
By Mom_of_Two
September 28, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
AlohaVampire: If your kid is 9 and asking questions about Easter Bunnies laying colored eggs, the problem is not the school he’s in. The problem is easily found in your mirror (assuming you can see yourself in one seeing as how you’re a Vampire).
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this
Is Cynthia McKinney running for congress again?
By Pete Mitchel
September 28, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this
Another airport DAQ. A pax asked where the nearest restroom was located. She was told, “Down the concourse about 30 feet”. She then asked, “Is it too far?”.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this
What would happen if you gave a snail a Valium?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this
Is this the right place to send in stupid questions?
By bebe
September 28, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this
My all time favorite:
“Did you get a haircut?” No, my head grew. Here’s your sign………..
By TookPhysics
September 28, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this
Just wanted to clarify Carbon Footprint. It is not that an object emits its own light or color it has selective absorption of light. The predominant origin of color in the natural world is the selective absorption of visible light: the object absorbs certain wavelengths of white light, and we see what is left over. This absorption coloration mechanism is responsible for the colors of grass, blood and carrots but not of the sky; the latter is due to wavelength dependent scattering of light. Light waves do reflect. Just do a search on the internet.
By momof2
September 28, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this
I had been driving a new van for 3-4 weeks and one of my neighbors asked me “Did you get a new van?” I just had to respond no, I stole it.
Same neighbor saw me drive up to my house and came over to ask me “Did you just get home?”
My question is…. Why is it so hard to get my boys up on school days and on the weekend they are up at 6:00 am?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
WhatistheSpacebarforonmykeyboard?
By warrior
September 28, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this
How long is the AJC going to allow racists and demeaning commments to be posted on blogs? Now that’s a good one!!!
By MrLiberty
September 28, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this
Aside from Ron Paul of Texas, why do congressmen and the president bother taking an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the united states?
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this
I gotta give some props out here to questions that dont make the entry up above cause they’re too hard to answer.
To RJones, your Python-esque “Is this the right place?” is priceless, as is your spacebarquestion.
To Carbon Footprint and TookPhysics: Yeah, what you said.
To AlohaVampire: Great name, great contributions.
Keep em coming!
By GODAWGS
September 28, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this
Q: How many idiots out there still support Mike Vick?
A: The total number in attendance at the ESPN Vick Divide rally.
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 12:00 PM | Link to this
gee thanks Phil….
Carbon Footprint and TookPhysics: Now I’m confused.
My next thought: Why is the ocean blue?
By bebe
September 28, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this
Why is it northerners come to live in the south and ask stupid questions like the above?
By Joe
September 28, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this
Dave Perry I’m sure you already know the answer to that one, but just research the history of the Atlanta, hell the whole south for that matter and you will see why it’s so racist, where it started, and what group of people is responsible for racism. Oh, but I forgot this is supposed to be “stupid” question day not “true facts” day.
By Carbon Footprint
September 28, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this
Why is the sky blue?
Light is radiation. Atoms absorb radiation all day long, and that same radiation causes the electrons in the atoms to change orbits, all day long, and that orbital change emits NEW PHOTONS of a color-spectrum that is specific to the molecular structure in which the electrons are imbedded.
Light cant reflect. Light is radiation. Objects themselves glow on their own, using the energy of the light source only, not the actual light. The original light (sunlight) gets completely absorbed and that original light is gone, part of the time-space continuum.
Objects emit their own light (radiation) in response to absorbing an external energy source called sunlight (radiation).
This is something you cant trust to google. You must ask any quantum physicists if the light from the sun or a lightbulb (same thing) reflects off of matter.
But what color is not is “selective absorption”. Electrons are constantly changing orbits and emitting photons. This is the natural state of matter: it vibrates and is constantly in motion wiggling around in the quantum world.
Objects emit their own new light in the form of photons that get emitted when electrons absorb sunlight and change orbits.
By pepper
September 28, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this
How many of you do meth everyday?
ANSWER: ALL OF YOU!!!
By Toddman
September 28, 2007 12:05 PM | Link to this
How did “conversate” become a (very poor and wrong) replacement for the word “converse”?
By GODAWGS
September 28, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
When will the first Civil War II battle begin?
By PM
September 28, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this
Whenever someone calls me and demands;
“Who is this?” I reply with. “I don’t know who you are, you called me!”
What do they think the phone is for? 20 questions?
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this
Here’s one that keeps me up at night…
Why do kids lie to their parents?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this
Would there be any cliches that a coach could use if there were an ‘I’ in ‘TEAM’?
By ed
September 28, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this
You wrote: Question: Is it proper to say “the white of an egg is yellow” or “the white of an egg are yellow”?
Answer: Trick questions are down the hall, second room on the left. We’re stupid questions.
I have news for you: that IS a stupid question.
By LLD
September 28, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this
Ya Mamma You got me in stitches! LMAO!
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this
GODAWGS … excellent posting
GO GATORS!
By Tommy t
September 28, 2007 12:15 PM | Link to this
How does a blind man know when to stop wiping his butt?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this
What if I were so mad that there wern’t enough symbols above the number buttons to express my rage?
By Number1question
September 28, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this
What is a blog?
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this
GODAWGS … excellent posting
GO GATORS!
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this
Can I send in a question if I don’t have a computer?
By Bill
September 28, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this
True story: Many years ago, when I was young, one of my friends borrowed his mother’s car and we drove to Canada. Crossing the border, the border agent asked: “Is that your car?” My friend responded: “No, it is my mother’s.” The agent then asked: “Does she know you have it?” My friend resonded: “No, we hit her over the head and tied her up in the closet.”
Really, Really dumb answer.
AlohaVampire, What ocean have you been looking at that is blue. The Atlantic seems to be kind of brownish Grey. I am a little color blind though. Carbon Footprint, So how come things don’t glow in the dark?
By Silly Me
September 28, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this
What’s a stupid question?
By dave
September 28, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
New Jersey is part of a cow.
By English
September 28, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Why do people say “true facts”? What is a “false fact”?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this
If the wheel had not been invented, how would we steer our cars?
By me:)
September 28, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this
My sister and I have long nails (1/2 inch or more most of the time). They are real…we get lots of comments but definitely the most interesting was one woman who asked “How do you go to the rest room?” and then after my puzzled stared more specifically “how do you wipe yourself?” WTF!
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this
Do Woodchucks keep count?
By Ya Mama
September 28, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this
Have people forgotten that OJ is Innocent of Murder?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this
If they wouldn’t let Post Office or DMV employees drink coffee at work, would it make Time stand still?
By Silly Me
September 28, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this
I love it when people come to me and ask “Can I ask you a stupid question?”
I say, “You just did”.
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this
How can someone who won more than $200 million dollars in a lottery end up broke and miserable?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this
Would the Early Birds starve if the Worms started sleeping in?
By jgrim
September 28, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this
Where does your lap go when you stand up?
By BSandwich
September 28, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
Why do we have 5 days in a work week?
By Sheril
September 28, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
While working at NASA as a graphic artist one of my co-workers was late coming to work because she had a fire in her apartment the night before. After she sat down and caught her breath she asked the other graphic artist and myself, “did you know you can’t bake in your oven in tupperware?” Needless to say she was definitely not NASA material!
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this
If an Organ Grinder was found guilty of a crime, should the Judge punish the Monkey?
By Shannon
September 28, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this
I got braces a couple of weeks ago, at the ripe old age of 32. Obviously not everyone in my office knew about this because last week I was at the copier talking to a coworker when he stopped and stared at my mouth. “Did you get braces?” he asked. My reply? “Nope! I had my teeth painted silver.”
By BSandwich
September 28, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this
Who decided that 5 days would be the official “work week”? Personally, 3-4 solid days would be enough for me to get my work done.
By JVERM
September 28, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this
who let the dogs out?
By GODAWGS
September 28, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this
When will the South secede again?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this
If Mickey Mouse didn’t have hands, how would we know what time it was?
By Nancy
September 28, 2007 1:04 PM | Link to this
Why do boys bikes have that bar across the middle and girls bikes don’t? It seems like the bar would be worse for guys?
By Old School
September 28, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this
I taught in the Governors Honors program for several summers and often took my students on field trips. One summer we visited an earth-sheltered home that had only the front entry exposed and an umbrella type roof covering a domed skylight. After touring the inside, the owner let us ask questions. One gifted student wanted to know, “Why did you decide to NOT put in any windows?” To which the owner replied, “Oh, I don’t know…the view?”
By Trudy
September 28, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this
This is a Yogi Berra classic:
What time is it?
You mean now?
By AlohaVampire
September 28, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this
Why am I still in love with the woman who ripped my heart out? … She just called me to say hello and to ask me if I wanted to get together with her this weekend. I said yes… Am I a fool?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this
Do Monkeys really have Uncles?
By Ron
September 28, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this
In the present days of everyone having a cell phone, my daughter called our house phone, and when we answered, she asked “Are you home?”
By MEG
September 28, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
I’m in the process of going to law school and one of my friends (who is in a master’s program at a university that shall remain nameless) asked if I want to be a lawyer or an attorney.
By Ya Mama
September 28, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this
To 2 White girl bank robbers are considered Barbie Bandits. Did Mattel ever release a trailer trash version?
By trah
September 28, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this
My friend Major Doug says there are no stupid questions, just stupid people !
By Ya Mama
September 28, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this
MEG, maybe your friend just wanted to ask you, “Are you smart enough to pass the Bar exam?”
By MJ
September 28, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this
I once returned from a two week trip to Europe, I got off the airplane in Atlanta and walked up to a man to ask a questions. As I had been doing in Europe my first question to him was “Do you speak English”?
By Aubrey
September 28, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this
Any form of this question is stupid to me: “Do you want a spanking”
Yes mom, I would love one. Actually, that is really not an advisable answer to that question. I said that to my dad once and regretted it for a good half hour after i said it.
Now that I’m pregnant that question is on my list of things i won’t repeat as a parent.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this
Is there such a thing as a Money Tree? How much should I pay for one?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this
Are grammar really that important?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this
If I spent money like there was no tomorrow, and the World ended tonight, would I be a genius or what?
By W. T. Sherman
September 28, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this
To Bebe:
Re: Northerners Coming to the South
We come to the south so that we can inspect our property.
By red
September 28, 2007 1:58 PM | Link to this
I am surprised that no one has posted a whole list of Bill Engvall “here’s your sign” questions on here!!
By damian
September 28, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this
At a KFC in FL several years ago, the man in front of me ordered two 20-piece buckets of Original Recipe. The girl behind the counter asked, “is that for here, or to go?”
By me 2
September 28, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
Is there an imaginary line to stand behind at the ATM machine?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
What would happen if you put a pair of ‘Odor Eaters’ in a Frenchman’s shoes?
By anonymous
September 28, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
One day I asked my husband what kind of HEAT did he have while growing up in St. Kitts (in the West Indies). I felt stupid after asking. The dumbfounded look on his face was priceless. :-0 We laugh about that today.
By Stupid
September 28, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
A coworker asked me of my origins. And I told her that I was indian (from India). So she replied that she was part cherokee. I said “HOW”?
By James
September 28, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
Carbon, Light is Electromagnetic Radiation; the same as infrared, radar, radio; same stuff, different frequency. You are tangling reflection and absorption (blackbody radiation curve). Its all related to the length of the wavelength vs. the size of the material it’s hitting. The microwaves are trapped in the microwave oven but the much smaller light waves will make it through the holes in the front screen allowing you to see the food.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this
A traffc question; If I did a UTurn on a One Way street, would I disappear?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this
What would happen if I mailed a letter bomb with insufficent postage?
By Mo's mom
September 28, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this
R JONES, YOU ARE HILARIOUS!
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this
What does a frog call something that is stuck in his throat?
By Southern Born
September 28, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this
Funny stuff!
Shannon@12:58 - You could have told him “Yo, check my new grillz!”
MJ@1:31 - What’s so unusual about asking someone in Atlanta if they speak English?
By Skoocj
September 28, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this
On my mother’s birthday, I told my 20 year old daughter to call her Grandma and sing Happy Birthday to her. She asked, “Is today her birthday?” So I sarcastically answered her, “No, it’s her anniversary”. To which she replied, “What year anniversary is it?” All I could do was look at her in complete disbelief, and she finally got it and quietly said, “Oh”.
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this
Are these science guys some kind of rocket surgeons? I thought those holes in the microwave door screen were from the cats were clawing at it!
By irish65
September 28, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this
Blog comes from Web Log (weBLOG), not from the middle Earth.
By confused
September 28, 2007 2:36 PM | Link to this
is hawaii realy in a box under florida?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this
May I answer this one Blog man? Blog does not come from Middle Earth, lava does.
By confused
September 28, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this
while in college a bunch od us were watching 60 min.’s when one female said ” this show is longer than usual, I thought it was a half hour program.”
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this
Vick says he is looking for redemption. How can you want something that you cannot spell?
By JustMe
September 28, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this
So, what am I supposed to tell the people who want me to answer their stupid questions the other 364.25 days a year?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this
What time is it on the Moon?
By lk
September 28, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
OK, I know it’s about stupid questions, but irish, honey, the middle earth answer was, like, well…. tongue in cheek …. sarcasm …. so, i’d consider your response to be on the other side of the stupid question thing…. a stupid answer. i’m just sayin’…
with a smile
Gen. Sherman, you only THINK it’s your property, Suh. Bless your heart!
By bebe
September 28, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
What do you get if you cross a bull dog with a s**?
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this
Without intending to, I seem to have generated “Give a Stupid Response Day” as well. (This applies to other people, not to you. Your response was brilliant.)
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this
If a Watched Pot never boils, can someone please explain the First Degree burns on my finger?
By bebe
September 28, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this
How old is too old?
By Lady
September 28, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this
During a baby shower last summer I was conducting a shower game where the guest had to guess the prices of different baby related items. Halfway thru the game the mother-to-be’s stepmother asked “why didn’t you just go to the dollar store?”
By Carla
September 28, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this
I work at a restaurant at Cumberland Mall. We answer the phone, Thank you for calling (restaurant) at Cumberland Mall how may I help you? Response: Is this the restaurant at Cumberland Mall?
By Jumbo
September 28, 2007 3:12 PM | Link to this
THIS IS A TRUE STORY When my nephew was in 3rd grade, the teacher invited two Cobb County policemen to the class to talk to the students. The kids were nervous but so were the two cops. They did their introductions and gave a short speech on safety issues, talking to strangers, etc. They then asked if there were any questions.
My nephew was the first to raise his hand. They called on him and he asked the following question:
I was wondering, do you guys prefer Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme?
By Skooch
September 28, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this
Where is Skirt Magazine? (Subliminal stupid question, arrived at by the stupid advertisement on the top of this page)
By Marcel Marceau
September 28, 2007 3:21 PM | Link to this
By Ya Mama
September 28, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this
Most of my comments never get posted. Is the moderator of the blog Black or White?
By Phil Kloer
September 28, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this
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By Wes
September 28, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this
Dated a bit of a ditz in college. She was making the trip down for her freshman orientation when the two mothers and her friend that joined them for the trip down began to talk about greek life.
Her friends mother asked her, “are you going to rush this year?” Her reply…”no, I’ll probably take my time.”
By Skooch
September 28, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this
On the way to get some lunch with my daughter and her then-boyfriend, I asked them where they would like to go. After not getting any response, I asked, “Are you ruminating?” And my daughter answered, “No, we don’t live together”. She was in college at the time, obviously not an English major…
By ain't tellin'
September 28, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this
My personal favorite is when my children come in my room, and say “Mom is that you?” I would LOVE to know who they think it is. Or when I say I wish my children would…..and then they say “Do you mean us?” Apparently I have other children (who do what they are asked mind you) living someplace else that I do not know about.
By number1question
September 28, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this
I guess my blog question really wasn’t stupid. So I guess clouds really are made of cotton, too?
By Putitinthebutt
September 28, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this
This is the transcript of a conversation I had with my roomate, The Denmiester.
The Denmiester: What day is Thanksgiving on this year?
Me: Thursday.
The Denmiester: Oh, yeah, thats right.
By HK
September 28, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this
Since my name is Helen Keller, I often get the question “are you the real Helen Keller?” I haven’t quite figured out the best way to answer that one.
But, my most recent favorite question I got when I told somebody my name was, “isn’t she the one that wrote Gone With The Wind?”
By Skooch
September 28, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this
HK, how could you answer that, when the “real” Helen Keller was deaf, dumb and blind? Learn how to sign “Of course I’m not you idiot” and then you’ve got them pondering!
By summer ranger
September 28, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this
Asked at Yellowstone National Park:
What time do they let the animals out in the morning?
What time is Old Faithful (geyser) turned off at night?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this
Why don’t they pick smarter cheerleaders? Every time I go to a game, they ask me what word they just spelled!
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this
Is there something that can be done about frequent memory lapses? Also, is there something that can be done about frequent memory lapses?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 5:16 PM | Link to this
If it is true that people like to smoke after sex, why aren’t hospitals full of prostitutes with Lung Cancer?
By R Jones
September 28, 2007 6:42 PM | Link to this
If you were to ask a prostitute, who was also a magician, “How’s tricks”, what would be the correct answer?
By RedDog
September 28, 2007 9:28 PM | Link to this
If my name is Nick, do I say “that happened just in the Me of time?
By R Jones
September 29, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this
Since dogs like to ride with their heads out of car windows, and kids like to play with power windows, why don’t you see more dog heads on the highway?
By Carbon Footprint
September 29, 2007 5:25 PM | Link to this
I’ll try one more time: Light does not reflect. Objects emit their own light.
Objects glow from within. The light you see is emitted from the object you are looking at, not from reflected light from the sun or a lightbulb.
This is as important as the earth is flat or the earth is the center of the solar system.
Light can not reflect off of anything. Objects emit their own light.
Electrons change orbits. Photons get emitted by electrons changing their orbits. Sunlight induces electrons to change their orbits and emit new photons that you see as colored objects. the colored object you are looking at gave you it’s own new light, not the old light it absorbed from the sun.
Light cant reflect. it’s impossible. Objects glow by absorbing sunlight and emitting new light that you see.
By Al
September 30, 2007 5:46 PM | Link to this
When working at an animal shelter in Alabama, one man asked what the adoption fee was for a dog. I explained the adoption fee of $6, rabies vaccine fee of $12 and a spay/neuter deposit of $40 was required. “What does neuter mean?”,was the reply. I wish I was kidding. He was a grown man.
By S Palmer
October 12, 2007 6:30 PM | Link to this
Could someone please explain to me what “Global Warming” has to do with the Nobel Peace Prize?? What is the connection between Al Gore’s position on Global Warming and the awarding of a Nobel Peace Prize? Was Adolf Hilter on the list of nominees as well?? Yassar Arafat was a winner of this coveted Peace Award. What’s going on here??? Please.. There is no peace in Yassar’s agenda!!! None of this makes any sense.