Any stupid questions that somebody asked you, that really stand out?

grenache · 14-08-2009 04:01AM

Zillah wrote: »

This is amazing.

I also doubt that at the time you were so "madam" this and "sir" that.

oh yes i was, i'm always polite to the point of extreme.

Overheal · 14-08-2009 04:02AM

answering some computer questions,

Anon wrote:

Am i to understand that if i use my laptop battery on ac power i'm supposed to remove the battery? But then there would be a giant hole on the bottom of my laptop...could something leak/pose a danger?

:rolleyes:

Blazer · 14-08-2009 07:09AM

Gets them all the time..from my boss to my family to friends..
It's starts like this

"Do you mind if you could....."

Yes I fcukin mind ...now fcuk off and leave me surf boards in peace and quiet. :mad:

Xavi6 · 14-08-2009 08:35AM

I always ask hot girls if they can touch their elbows behind their back. May sound like a stupid question but it works every time.

Gummy Panda · 14-08-2009 08:36AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Do you love me?
/it was a ridiculous question.

I already said no. You fart in your sleep!!

Penn · 14-08-2009 08:43AM

After stopping off at a petrol station, my sister gave the attendant her keys so he could open the tank. After he gave the keys back and she gave him the money, half a mile down the road, she shouts

"Wait... did he give me back my keys?"

super_furry · 14-08-2009 08:52AM

Not a stupid question but answer. Asked someone what time it was yesterday and she said: 'I think about an hour'. Repeated the question and got the same answer.

humanji · 14-08-2009 08:54AM

A woman I used to work with asked, "Do you think there are more people alive than dead?"

steppen · 14-08-2009 08:56AM

A German once asked me if we had traffic lights in ireland.

IvyTheTerrible · 14-08-2009 09:01AM

humanji wrote: »

A woman I used to work with asked, "Do you think there are more people alive than dead?"

I think that's an interesting question!

Ice_Box · 14-08-2009 09:02AM

Overheard at GAA match where a guy was explaining the rules to his girlfirend.

Her: Why have they stopped?
Him: Cos its half time.
Her after half time: whats happening now I thought we were trying to get the ball into those goals?
Him: The teams have swapped sides.
Her after short pause: Do they swap jerseys too?
Me : wets self.

El Siglo · 14-08-2009 09:09AM

I work in a university and as Mr. Garrison once aptly put it; "There are no stupid questions, just stupid people."

weird · 14-08-2009 09:10AM

Fizman wrote: »

"There are no stupid questions, just stupid people".

A man once said this. Valid point too.

There's this girl I've been seeing for a few months now. Pretty girl. Fab body. Great big boobs. Quite intelligent. Anywho all of that is irrelevant.

I was in her gaff there a few weeks back, just before she was about to set off on a weeks holidays to Spain with some of her mates. So we were chatting away about what not, watching some TV, when money and wealth came into the conversation. She then turned to me and asked;

"Actually I think i'll do the Euro Millions when i'm there. I should have a better chance of winning it, shouldn't I"?

Now in fairness, 2-3 seconds after asking this, she declared "Actually, maybe not" in a slightly embarrassed tone. I didn't even turn my head from the TV to look at her in these few seconds.

From behind my palm-covered face, I was still trying to comprehend how she would have managed to even compute that she would have had a better chance of winning over there. I think I got a little embarrassed for her too, and just said "Ah, you're probably better not doing it at all, seeing as you're not a resident etc etc".
She replied, "Ya, you're probably right".

It was the best thing I could come up with to get away from the topic, as I was fit to burst into laughter. Now if I had burst into laughter, there certainly wouldn't have been any fun times to be had later on, so I had to get my priorities right!

Are there any ridiculous questions that stick out in your mind that you have been asked in the past?

I have had this kind of thing happen all the time with girls I have been seeing. It's a prime opportunity to have a giggle and when you laugh they get all cute mad... then it's tickle time... then it's sexy time. :-)

Dancor · 14-08-2009 09:17AM

Me: Can I have a pizza please, With pepperoni on one half.

Pizza man: Left or right?

the_syco · 14-08-2009 09:26AM

steppen wrote: »

A German once asked me if we had traffic lights in ireland.

Yes, a nice man with a small tache called Adolf came over and introduced them to us in 1947... :rolleyes::D

mikeystipey · 14-08-2009 09:28AM

grenache wrote: »

i work in an off-licence that also acts as a tourist office

Only in Ireland

Was on a flight back from a lads holiday and my mate's dozy mate asks how high do planes usually fly? About 30,000 feet one of us answered. Oh right says he, would there be any buildings as high as that? Or maybe the Great Wall of China?

He's been described as 'having a bit of a want in him'

grenache · 14-08-2009 09:49AM

weird wrote: »

I have had this kind of thing happen all the time with girls I have been seeing. It's a prime opportunity to have a giggle and when you laugh they get all cute mad... then it's tickle time... then it's sexy time. :-)

I had this happen a few weeks back. She repeatedly came out with incredibly stupid questions. Her decent looks couldn't make up for her less than decent brain. She got the boot. Stupidity will never be sexy, no matter how hard you try to laugh it off.

Fizman · 14-08-2009 09:53AM

the_syco wrote: »

Yes, a nice man with a small tache called Adolf came over and introduced them to us in 1947... :rolleyes::D

His ghost?

:pac:

mick867 · 14-08-2009 10:00AM

A lady in the Luas car park asked me how long she could park her car for if she paid for 2 hours.

johnny_knoxvile · 14-08-2009 10:06AM

i was weight lifting in a gym a couple of years ago, and a spanner comes over to me and says "when was your last course?", i was lost, "what do you mean?" i asked. "your last course of steroids?"...he blurts out in the middle of a packed weights area. I told him i didnt take roids and he insisted on debating with me that you cant be in good shape without them and how he was taking them... Dont take drugs kids, they mess with your head (and in the case of roids, with you nads too!).

14-08-2009 10:08AM

At the races with work last week and I put a bet on horse 19. Friend asks me "what number is 19" I nearly wet myself laughing!

14-08-2009 10:11AM

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

After stopping off at a petrol station, my sister gave the attendant her keys so he could open the tank. After he gave the keys back and she gave him the money, half a mile down the road, she shouts

"Wait... did he give me back my keys?"

:pac:

kmick · 14-08-2009 10:16AM

Asked by a big American surfer dude in New Hampshire.
Did you guys drive here from Ireland?

Asked by small American woman on the same trip when told we lived in ireland.
Do you guys live in the bomb zone?

hamsterboy · 14-08-2009 10:18AM

Was in college and living with two catering students (female). One from Mayo and one from Tipp....... not that it matters.
We were watching Walkin with Dinosaurs and the Mayo girl was getting very confused.
We asked her why she kept saying "What?" and "No Way!"
She went on then to state that she couldn't believe there were still dinosaurs alive!!!!!!
No kiddin, and THIS girl got into college!!!!!

HB

jebuz · 14-08-2009 10:21AM

kmick wrote: »

Asked by a big American surfer dude in New Hampshire.
Did you guys drive here from Ireland?

Encountered the very same question from some red neck while working in a restaurant in South Carolina, but wait there was more...

How come your English is so good?

What state is Ireland in?

Also had a few convinced that I had seen leprechauns in my back garden!

komodosp · 14-08-2009 10:30AM

Was in the pub with 2 friends, we were discussing some other friends of ours' trip around the world, when one of the girls says, "Hey, and we can visit them when they're in.... What country do they celebrate the Chinese New Year in?"

fincollins · 14-08-2009 10:37AM

jebuz wrote: »

Encountered the very same question from some red neck while working in a restaurant in South Carolina, but wait there was more...

How come your English is so good?

What state is Ireland in?

Also had a few convinced that I had seen leprechauns in my back garden!

Ohh the american related ones are endless. There was one american guy who lived with us in SF who was particularly dim :-

Exhibit A:
[All of us sitting in front room watching TV. It was getting dark, we hadn't got up to turn on lights yet]
American: "Hey guys, it pretty dark in here. Why don't your turn on the lights"
One of us: "Ohh yeah sorry, we're just still getting used to this 'electricity' thing"
American: No. Fookin. Way.

Exhibit B:
We genuinely convinced him that one of the lads was a farmer, whereby he farmed leprechauns for the tourist trade. He actually belived us. A lot of them think they exist.

We got a lot of 'How come your english is so good?' too...

Pffft :pac:

kaz_corcoran · 14-08-2009 10:38AM

Work in a cafe, last week a woman came in and asked if we have green tea. I replied "no, sorry we only have apple, lemon, chamomile and wild berry. "
She then repeated slowly "greeeeeen teeea!"
So I just told her (slowly!) "No we don't have any at the moment, sorry"
She then looked at me like I was a total idiot and said "You don't know what green tea is!"
I wanted to smack her. Q of 10 people behind her and she's questioning my ability to comprehend english?! :mad:

spurious · 14-08-2009 10:39AM

"What is the film 'Gladiator' about?"

krudler · 14-08-2009 11:00AM

Worked for a phone company customer care line, have literally hundreds of examples but here are a few choices ones:

Customer: "I'm in America and I turned my phone off on the plane but I cant get it to turn on, how do I do it?
Me "its the same button you pressed to turn it off, just hold it down for a few seconds"
Customer "Im not very good with phones i had to get someone else to do it for me, wheres the button?"
Me" its at the top of the phone, the one with the universal symbol for "power" on it"
Customer "Oh I give up, can you just turn it on from there for me?"
Me "no sorry we cant remotely turn on your phone, it needs to be physically done on the phone itself"
Customer "can you just not do that then?"
Me "......no"
Customer "why not?! you're not being very helpful"
Me "Because your phone is with you, in America, I'm in an office building in Ireland, I cant reach over 2000 miles to push a button on your phone for you"
Customer"...oh yeah...." hangs up

customer " can you see whats on my phone, as in texts and stuff?"
me "no all we can see is time,dates and numbers you've called and texted but not the actual texts themselves just the data of when they were sent"
customer " thats outrageous! I demand you wipe all that information off your system!"
me "cant do that I'm afraid, although it will delete itself after 30 days as thats all it retains the information for with prepay customers, we cant delete your phone records"
customer "you will delete it! I have a court case coming up about sending threats to my ex and I cant have them showing on your system"
me ".....so you want me to break the law?"
customer "yes! help me out here, what else can I do?"
me "stop sending threatening texts to your ex?"
*hangs up*

The best one I ever got while at work though was when i worked in a music shop on the top floor, and a woman came up all panicky to me asking where the down stairs was, I didnt quite get what she meant as we didnt have an escalator, just a regular set of stairs, she said "I can see that but I came up that way, how do i get back down?!" after trying to stifle myself laughing at her sheer stupidity I explained that stairs are a two way device, you can walk both up and down them to which she replied "well you should have a sign saying that on it!!!!"

you'd wonder how some people manage to get through a day without seriously hurting themselves...

Any stupid questions that somebody asked you, that really stand out?

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