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

[The_Deleted]

OK, this one's a doozy and quite complex in it's stupidity:

I was at work a while ago and talk came round to the attack on the twin towers.
Colleague 1: It's the 4th anniversary of the attack tomorrow. It scary how long ago it was..

Colleague2: Is it September already..? Christ, that's another year gone.

Dumb chick: It's not the anniversary in the UK though.

Colleague 1: ...what..?

Dumb chick:It's the anniversary for them, not for us. We don't celebrate it for another 2 months.

Colleague2: (dumbfounded). And how the fuck do you work that out?!

Dumb chick: Well, it's the time difference, innit. And they work their calender different to ours.

...

There was no one who was going to point out everything that was wrong with her theory.

Needless to say she didn't last too long.

 

[Hollso]

At work (on a uk deli counter)
"You don't sell pies here, do you?"

I hate when the question is an assumption of the answer. I very nearly replied 'Duh yeah!'

 

[DreamKing]

I hate it when people ask "Did you get a haircut?" when it is blatently obvious I did.

It's worse when they ask a full week after you have it done.

I hate when people ask if I shaved recently, when it could be weeks after my shave. It is also very easy to tell when I 've shaved to.

 

[TriggerUnhappy]

Wasn't asked this, but was there when it was asked:
"If you could run at the speed of sound, couldn't you yell then run in front of the sound then hear it again?"
And we get dozens of these types of questions from this kid in class almost every day...

 

[Zephirius]

When im fast asleep, and my mom yells and yells and yells my name until ive woken up. then i get asked "are you awake?"

or when she calls for me from a distance, and when i acknowledge her with a "yes?" she says "are you there?". I'm thinking to myself "no, what you just heard was the void that is occupying the space im standing in that sounds miraculously like your son."

those are just 2 of many legendary questions she does on a regular basis.

You are not alone.

 

[FlameOfArnor]

isn't it just a little depressing just how many seperate replies this has?

 

[Lord_Ascendant]

This is kind of a long story. I'll nutshell it.

Me and a friend(who will remain nameless) were sitting around, playing Team Fortress 2, trading off every round when he asked me, "I know the Sniper is Australian, and the Medic is German, and the Heavy is Russian....but what is the Scout?" I told him "Bostonian" "Theres a country called Boston?" I was kind of dumbfounded so when we prompted me "Well? Is there?" I paused the game, brought up a map of the US and blatantly pointed out where Boston was. He has 0 geography skills.

 

[nolongerhere]

We were talking about Israel, and some lass piped up "Are they not muslims too?"
Me: "No, they're Jewish".
Lass:"But what's their religion?".

Another one that's quite stupid, then becomes very awkward.
In one of my friends economics classes, a girl asked "Is it alright to marry a cousin?"
Teacher said no, then the girl said "But my friends parents are cousins"
Cue much awkward mumbling from the teacher about how it might be alright.

 

[itsnotyouitsme]

"Ill show you my 3 inches"
says a little kid on a game over the mic.

 

[ElTigreSantiago]

"If you stood in Antarctica, would the blood rush to your head?" also "Does it snow in space?" both of these were from an Advanced Earth Science class in high school.

 

[Ghost]

a guy who laughs at everyone who gets questions wrong and is known for using the word retard ab awful lot gets asked a simple question in maths, 'what's 5 + 1'? by the teacher who is clearly joking and being deliberately patronising.

his reply is 4. never have i seen anyone turn so red so fast.

 

[Lullabye]

isn't it just a little depressing just how many seperate replies this has?

Depending on how you look at it. I find it funny, and sad.
oh well. yesterday my brother asked me "how do you spell listen?" now, he's 13 going on 14. But the sad part is after he said: "oh, i spelt it wrong!"
me: "What writting tool were using?"
him: "T9"

T9 auto-corrects. I had to see this for myself.
he spelt it like this
Letsun
how he did it ill never know.

 

[Goatlemon]

Can't be bothered to read this whole thread as I would lose faith in humanity around page 4, so forgive me if this has already been mention, although I doubt it.

There is an Irish comedian called Hal Roach. He mentions being asked by someone while on the bus "Are you reading that paper you're sitting on?"

The best question asked of me would probably be "What do giraffes do?". What most animals do; eat and fuck.

I've heard, though through a very unreliable source, that my mother once asked "Do they speak Australian in Canada?". Where do I even begin?

 

[Zombie Turtle]

"Little dots are called at the end of a sentence"
because that was another question asked to me...
Period...

Was the person asking about a period or an ellipsis?

Im sorry? Im going with Period...

period is .
ellipsis is ...

Additionally, why do you keep putting an ellipsis at the end of every sentence?

Sorry I have triple Dot Syndrome... Dang there I did it again... ARGH... ARGH AGAIN... I give up... Wait is !!! a different thing then ...?

Why do American's say Period? What's wrong with a full stop :S

And I once heard that these too couples, dressed up and the sort, went into the computer software/hardware shop 'Currys' to have a meal..

 

[beastwood225]

an american visiting a castle in britain on a foggy day asked me "when do they turn the smoke machine off?" it took me a while to explain that it wasnt a smoke machine, he just wouldnt believe me.

 

[Sheinen]

I'm a twin so I get them fired at me like fricking missiles of 'special person'

a) So you're a twin?
b) yeah
a) so how old are you?
b) 22
a) How olds your brother?

Also - 'Whose older?' WTF difference does 70 seconds make??

A lot of people go for the 'Do you have any special Twin Powers, like Mind Reading?' which I find totally retarded.

But the all time daisy has to be 'are you the evil twin?' to which the only suitable answer is 'Yes. Now look up, I want to bite your neck'

On a less twin related topic I also hate 'Watch your head!' just after you've nutted a low sign and are keeled over in pain! I know it's not a question but it's still fucking stupid!

 

[thecresta]

A woman in HMV yesterday picked up 'The Best of The Dubliners' and said "I love Welsh music".

 

[uncle-ellis]

Not relly a question but...

Man 1: Im behind you!
Man 2: *checks behind him then turns back to man 1*