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[Gigglepottomus]

I was wondering if any one knew what the dumbest question in the world was? Or at least would share the dumbest question ever asked them.

Here are some examples:

If the whole world came to New Zealand, would it sink?

My dad's bald, I asked him once if he was still a mammal, since he had no hair?

[Oak Kitten]

When I was giving a lecture on World War II in my American Naval Heritage class at the Naval Academy, I was showing slides of various types of Japanese Kamikaze weapons. One was a rocket -propelled piloted aircraft. One of the midshipmen asked why it didn't have any landing gear. . .


This one I heard on a local radio station, when they had a stupid question contest. This couple had decided to adopt a baby from China. One of the would-be grandmothers asked, "Well what are you going to do when he/she starts talking in Chinese?"

Oak

[Dee]

I stole this one. Shhhh ...

You inherit five million dollars the same day aliens land on the Earth to say they will blow it up in two days. What do you do? :confused: LOL

[AceOn6]

My all time favorite and one I heard MANY times when we were first installing computers back in the 80s...Where's the "any" key?

[Gigglepottomus]

LOL AceOn6.

Oak Kitten that Kamikaze question was hilarious. :D

It's OK Dee I stole both the examples I posted. One that I actually see quite a bit is when I am at the grocery store and someone will be stocking a shelf or something and a customer will approach them with a question and say excuse me do you work here. One time I heard a lady reply "No i am a doctor stocking shelves is my hobby.

[Dee]

LOL Now that's my kinda lady! :D

[Eva]

I work in a shippingmuseum. A visitor wanted to know something about a certain sailingship from 1908. After listening eagerly to everything my collegue was telling about it, this person exclaimed: "How very interesting! Now tell me, where is the engine?"

Eva :rolleyes:

[lucille]

What time is midnight mass?

[Eva]

The answer to that should be: "Hmm, difficult to say..." I guess it's a good answer to all stupid questions.

Eva

[gisli]

(walkes in to this thread from another) Most stupid question is asking: Who are the Association?

[RedjackRyan]

Friend of mine once asked me what she would have to study to become a philosopher..


My head still hurts from that one.

[Irish Beth]

True one from my very own personal experience.......

"But if the deer ran into my car and it wasn't my fault why does MY insurance have to pay?"

The only answer I could think of to that question.....

"Because the deer doesn't have insurance".

[Marcia Drummergal]

True one from my very own personal experience.......

"But if the deer ran into my car and it wasn't my fault why does MY insurance have to pay?"

The only answer I could think of to that question.....

"Because the deer doesn't have insurance".

Are you absolutely SURE the deer doesn't have insurance?? LOOK:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/margal1/logo.png


Marcia

[Lin]

When my twins were born, a girl and a boy, I was asked a number of times....are they identical?

Lin

[dragonlady]

Lin that's priceless!

-di

[invsbl_wife]

I think one of the dumbest questions is, "Do you mind if I ask you a question?"

[Melba]

I've gotten a good giggle from these posts. I have one to share as well. A friend of mine who has been selling things on ebay said he was perplexed by an email from a winning bidder. He had an ad that stated with each restaurant shirt he was selling, came with a free apron and towel and pin from the Outback chain. After winning 8 shirts, he got an email from them saying...."Can you give me a shipping quote without the apron, towel and pins?"....um...did he mention those are thrown in FREE? He wrote back and said the shipping is the same even if you don't want the extras....so they paid for the winnings and said they would take the extras. Two days later, they won 2 more and asked the same question......He tactly fully replied. "Please see original email about these items." :D

[hoops]

I've always thought the "may i ask you a question" question was sort of on the dumb side, but i;ve also felt it valuable to find out if a persons is comfortable even considering your question...so i've turned it into something like " would you mind if i asked you a personal question?" ot a business question, or a whatever question...takes some to the sillinees out of the question and give the person a chance to say no before being asked.
one of MY favorite silly questions is when someone walks in the room where i am with the tv on and asks " Are you watching this?" well duh

[Green Monkey]

A man I knew who was a firearms instructor once had a student in his class who asked him:

"If I use a silencer, can I practice in my apartment?"

I always thought that was pretty damn funny. :p

GM

[hoops]

greenmonkey, that HAS to be the silliest question i've ever heard! i think you win the prize! I'm nopt sure if this is a silly question or not but how do people learn to catch bullets between their teeth?
pax hoops

[Randy & Betty in Pa]

A friend of mine plowed his car into a tree... A passerby walked upto him looked at the totaled car, steam pouring from under the squashed hood and asked ... "Oh, have you had an accident?"

During induction into the United States Army back in January 1967 our group of several hundred at the induction station in Newark, New Jersey (all male) were asked to fill in a form completely... One of the first questions was "Are you now or have you ever been pregnant?"

Best to all

R. from Pa

[hoops]

reminds me of something that happened to my sister. She'd been going to the doctor for quite a while trying to figure out why she was having stomach problems. she'd gone about every 3 months or so for about five years to the same doctor. going in one day she never expected what this doctor would ask...nor would anyone i believe. after looking at my sister's chart and seeming baffled ( i know this dr she always looks baffled) then she looked up at my sister ( or in her general direction really) and asked " Do you think you could be pregnant?" shocked my sister answered with the question "For five years??"

[Bat]

:confused: erm...Hoops...did you tell her it was time to find another doctor? :D

[hoops]

bat i told her for years...finally she did. that woman was just weird...her two most favorite diagnoses are pregnancy and post nasal drip. I had the misfortune of getting her as my dr ( it;'s a family practice and i had a serious problem and she was free) I had an infection in my eye, it was a very weird one... now i've been going to that practice for many years EVERYONE knows me there and knows that i'm gay. my first thought was she's gonna say post nasal drip... but nooo she asked me if i was pregnant....then she didn't believe me even tho i explained that i am gay and STILL she made me take a pregnancy test. my reg dr popped in to say hi to me and took her out of the room to "set her str8" i got the script i needed with his signature on it. and NEVER was put in her care again. hmmm, maybe my eye was out doing things while i was sleeping that i didn't know about... meeting other eyes in bars, hooking up for one night stands, who knows what an eye can do when you don't have your eye on them.
pax
hoops

[dragonlady]

When I was working as an interpreter for the Deaf and would have the normal discussions with people about "what you do for a living"...someone actually said "So, you know Braille." I decided not to explain...

-di

[RedjackRyan]

Hoops is gay?? I don't believe it. has to be post nasal drip.

[hoops]

hahahahahahaha redjack! that's what my dad would love to believe lol
pax
hoops

[Irish Beth]

Standing in line at a grocery store........person approaches and asks, "are you in line?"

No, I'm in a circle and you are ruining the pattern

No, I just stopped walking one day and this is where I ended up

[hoops]

Irish beth, i'm laughing so hard i can't breathe. I love you
pax
hoops