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

[Sir Broccoli]

"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).

Actually dark has no speed since it doesn't really exist. It's merely a lack of light.

 

[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).

Actually dark has no speed since it doesn't really exist. It's merely a lack of light.

According to current knowledge yes, hence my comment/statement about the vacuum thing. How does light pass through space if there is nothing to pass through? Especially when we consider that the speed of light is relative to the medium that it transfers to. And also that light can be bent and curved. Gravity, black hole physics, the unproven concept of FTL - lots of things to look into if you end up at university or bored at work.

 

[slarlath]

"What does a half and a half equil?"
I couldn't belive it when my girlfriend asked me that one.

 

[Dragon_of_red]

I got asked by this lady while i was done skimboarding at the beach

"Hey, your good at that, is that motor powered?"
"No, its not"
"I'm pretty saure its motor powered, you went for a while on it"
"There isnt a motor on it, do you see a motor?"
"No, nut they can make them pretty small nowadays"
"Wheres the exhaust then?"
"Maybe its electric powered?"


For all those that dont know, skimboarding is when you get a small little thin peice of wood, and throw it across small amounts of water, then jump on it.

Try and find the dis-logic in her argument.

 

[ix_tab]

Quick disclaimer: This in no way suggests that I believe all Americans are stupid, as I really don't. The stupid are everywhere!

A friend of mine, whilst in school went on exchange to America. Whilst she was there, a particularly bright spark asked her 'Can you drive to Australia from here?'

And for some home grown stupid, I have been asked if the Nile was the biggest river in Germany.

 

[Triple AD]

I was on Xbox live, waiting for a game to start and the other players were talking too much (as people are want to do). After I inform them of this, they notice my British Accent and ask me the beautiful question: "Are you from England or from London?"

*facepalm*

Lol at one point this really annoying britsh kid was talking (i think he british) and his voice was soooooo annoying I left the Xbox live party as soon as possible... also im british

Mine is how do you spell imagine i thought it was imajine

I asked my friend a question

Me. Why is sonic on the PS2 and gamecube/wii but mario is only on the gamecube/wii
Yea I didn't know that PS2's were made by Sony not Sega


also i once forgot how to spell heavy

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Not the dumbest thing ever, more gay than dumb really... My friend likes to ***** about her Ex and apparently she invited him around a few times and he declined because he was... wait for it... Having Lunch... With his Family... like seriously wtf?

Also just yesterday my girlfriend was over and she (for some really weird reason) wanted to play a bit of gears with me (or watch me play) so we join a game with a few friends of mine and we're talking and I'm talking to her as well and she's trying to get involved in the conversation so she takes the headset off me and starts talking to them. After a while of me not talking someone says "Hey Jinjo are you guys having sex?" Everyone stopped and just laughed at this moron, the sad thing was I had just revived him not 10 seconds ago.

 

[keyton777]

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.

this has been known to happen when people are talking to me, sorry bout that.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Oh my god... Girl from work told me:

"I got My fart gland Removed"

What... an ... Idiot...

They removed her Intestines?!?!

 

[experiment0789]

A guy I know named Jamie McGillick in my 7th grade english class after we were told how long the paper paper was asked "How long does this have to be?" he wasn't even at the bathroom or something he is just a retard.

Hey...I know some one like that too,His name is Nick Lamana. In my high school he asked so many stupid Questions that all of the teachers only allowed him three questions per class.

 

[messy]

it was during the minute silence for WWI and i was curious how long the idea of remberence would last throughout time i.e would there come a time when people no longer remembered those who died. Sounds fairly reasonable however i phrased it as "how long will this minute last?" at which piont my two friends burst out laughing.

Also during a tour of an underground cave system in the peak district someone in my class asked "How many undiscovered caverns are there?" the tour guide answered without even pausing "36" and continued with the tour.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Standing on the side of the road, next to my Camaro, with a BLOWN TIRE, a highway patrol pulls up, gets out, looks at my tire and asks, "Got a flat tire?"

*facepalm*

At the Canadian border, crossing into Canada, the border patrol agent asks, "Where ya headed?" To which I respond, "Alaska, same as every year. I see you still work at the same station. We are commercial fisherman, remember?" Then he replies... wait for it.. wait for it.. "So what are you doing in Alaska?"

*facepalm*

Where's the Bill Engvall, "here's yer sign" for the first one? The second one, yeah just facepalm

 

[experiment0789]

Just recently I went to a electronics store(I don't remember which one) to get a remote for my radio. I found two people who worked there....This was are conversation

Me: Hi I got a radio from this stores catalog and it didn't come with the remote...so can I buy one?

Man1: It didn't come with one? It should of come with one.

Man two: (pretty much did nothing but repeat guy 1)

Me: Yes, I didn't get one with it, that's why I'm here to see if I can buy the one in the catalog or one that would work with it.

Man1: It doesn't have one.

Me: I know that's why I'm here to buy one.

Man1: It doesn't have one.

Me: I know,can I buy one for it?

Man1: It doesn't have one.

Me: Thank you(I leafed)

I can understand not having a remote for a product sold in its stores catalog with the remote shown, but not having another remote to work the radio that I bought from them.

Another thing is when I found the product on the shelf's it showed the radio with the remote on the box.

 

[Rossmallo]

Im ashamed that this is my one...I wanted to ask if this new seasonal sandwich was spicy or anything, but i phrased it phenomenally badly:
"What's on a turkey, stuffing and gravy sub?"

 

[captain awesome 12]

A girl in World History is looking at a very large world map hanging on the wall. Clearly perplexed, she turns to me and asks, "Where's Russia?" I start to laugh, and respond with, "The big yellow one with the word Russia on it." To which she replies: "Ohhh, well that's what I thought but I wasn't sure."

*facepalm*

I mean not knowing where Russia is on a map is bad enough, but then she actually read the word Russia and still didn't know, and that just makes me sad.

 

[Fairee]

I was once asked if my pet snail could run away. When I said no (in a ""don't be thick" kinda way), my German teacher said, you obviously haven't trained him properly.

C'mon, teachers shouldn't encourage that kind of retardedness.

 

[Soulgaunt]

Ok I got a dumb answer someone said.

in school, the question was,"what is the hottest continent?"

girl instantly yells "TEXAS"

That reminds me of my friend, she told me that whenever she doesn't know the answer to a question, she'll say the answer is "texas".

 

[shadowstriker86]

The award goes to ME for asking this question:

If a wood chuck could chuck wood while going uphill backwards on a unicycle at -16 mph, how many pancakes would it take to shingle a doghouse?

 

[Xanadu84]

Just recently I went to a electronics store(I don't remember which one) to get a remote for my radio. I found two people who worked there....This was are conversation

Me: Hi I got a radio from this stores catalog and it didn't come with the remote...so can I buy one?

Man1: It didn't come with one? It should of come with one.

Man two: (pretty much did nothing but repeat guy 1)

Me: Yes, I didn't get one with it, that's why I'm here to see if I can buy the one in the catalog or one that would work with it.

Man1: It doesn't have one.

Me: I know that's why I'm here to buy one.

Man1: It doesn't have one.

Me: I know,can I buy one for it?

Man1: It doesn't have one.

Me: Thank you(I leafed)

I can understand not having a remote for a product sold in its stores catalog with the remote shown, but not having another remote to work the radio that I bought from them.

Another thing is when I found the product on the shelf's it showed the radio with the remote on the box.

Umm...I'm pretty sure he was telling you that its supposed to come with a remote in the package, and there's not a separate one you can buy. They probably don't sell ones seperately because a remote should come with the product itself, so no one would need to buy them. I'm sure if you had said that yours was missing the remote, and you needed one with a remote, they would have let you exchange it. If not, it's poor customer service, not a stupid question. I'm afraid that the stupid question here is, "I know, can I buy it?".