And the stupid question award goes to.......

[Gitsnik]

"What's the speed of dark?" -.-

That's not a stupid question! It is the exact inverse of the speed of light through the medium in question. It's like asking how light passes through a vacuum when there is nothing in it for it to pass through (imagine a thick plastic case, completely see through - make the insides a vacuum, then shine a torch onto one side - what happens).

Stupid question award for me goes to this little gem:

"Wow it's windy. Hey, why does the rain not fall straight down like I would if I jumped?".

From a 23 year old uni student. Faith in humanity. Zero.

 

[The Eupho Guy_v1legacy]

From one of my textbooks: Convert the following decimal numbers into Hexadecimal: 4567, 556789, 13, 16FE... wait...

 

[The Cheezy One]

a friend of mine was called on his house phone and asked
"where are you?"

 

[DigitalSushi]

My friend, unwittingly pulled a scene from Dinosaurs. I told him if he said anything asinine I'd hit him. He asks me how asinine it had to be.

haha, I like your friend.

And your an aggresive type aren't you?

 

[02cfranklin]

I know this isn't really a question but the stupidest thing I've ever heard someone say happened when the retarded girl in my school walked into a science lesson. The teacher asked her why she was late... she said.... "I was at the doctors... I have errrm... testicular cancer?"
The whole class just burst out laughing and the teacher just nodded an waved her to her seat.

 

[mrhockey220]

My personal favorite from middle school:
"Should we right in English or cursive?"

priceless

 

[Froobyx]

This isn't a stupid question, but I got my words all scrambled

"Yeah, they cut down the Amazon Rainforest and plant cows... oh wait"

The lad sat opposite me couldnt stop laughing for ages.

 

[GoblinOnFire]

Questions asked by tourists in Oslo, Norway:

Are the trolls on the "endangered species"-list?
Do trolls still live in Norway, and are they good or bad?
Do the vikings live in Reservoirs now?
When does the midnight sun come up?
When do the fjords close for the night?


And the grandest of all comments:

An american couple tried to pay at the "Hurtigruta" ferry with US coins, and the woman behind the counter says: "Im sorry, we don't accept foreign coins", upon which the couple replies: "We're not foreign, we're american!"

 

[Mr Jack]

Overheard two Americans in Amsterdam talking.

1 "How many Americans died in the Second World War?"
2 "Oh about three hundred I guess"

 

[xChevelle24]

There is a cheerleader in my history class (don't ask me how this stupid dumb ***** got into AP history) but anyways...The teacher starts reviewing for a test and AFTER the review is done, she says:

"Waiiiiit, we have a test todayyyy????"

Everyone in the class literally laughed for about 10 straight minutes, even the teacher.

 

[Drummerstixz]

When I was in High School my friends 16yr brother asked me if I had heard this new band that just came out called Metallica....apparently he thought the Black Album was their breakout album...and Enter Sandman was their first single...sigh, youth

 

[thecresta]

Jane: A new and better life awaits you on our distant home planet, Blisstonia.
Homer Simpson: [gets given a leaflet] Hmm. Makes Sense.
Jane: We're having a free get-acquainted session at our resort this weekend.
Homer Simpson: How much is this free resort weekend?
Glen: It's free.
Homer Simpson: And when is this weekend?
Glen: It's this weekend.
...

 

[MSORPG pl4y3r]

"What's the speed of dark?" -.-

exactly the same as the speed of light, just backwords.

I know someone in my old school who is homophobic and I once asked him why he was and he said "cause a gay guy chated up this girl I liked." I stared into the distance for about a minute and changed the subject.

I also get asked the time of the 1 o'clock gun too, I remember I once told a tourist that they used to fire real canon balls but the local buisnuses dident like there building being destroyed and he went of and told all these guys who LIVE in edinburgh about it, ppl looked at him like hed lent his head to one side and drooled on himself.

 

[GiantRedButton]

Him: Ive been using PC's since before windows existed
Her: Wasn't it dark?

just imagine if humans would have invented computers before "holes in a wall"

 

[Ridonculous_Ninja]

probably, what game are you playing, and the game sign was bigger than the person asking the question

uuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh

What?

i was playing a game demo in bestbuy, and a person walk up and ask me what game i was playing, the sign for the game was nearly 7ft tall and more than 4ft wide, he was looking right at it
adn if that oen isnt good enough, someone asking were the shaving razors were, and they were standing next to them

Ok sorry, my brain made no sense of that the first couple times I read it.

 

[keyper159]

I fucking hate it when people I don't know come up to me in Best Buys and Gamestops and ask me...

"Are you getting that?"
Which is usually followed by,
"Is it any good?"