What's the stupidest question you've ever been asked?

How is that question stupid? At least it's something you really have to think about. It's a hell of a lot more interesting than "what's your favorite sports team?"

 

I actually have a few. When I first got here and started school ... the questions about Kuwait would just blow my mind. The Top 5:

1) Do you wear clothes there?
2) Do you live in trees?
3) Do you eat leaves?
4) Do you ride on camels?
5) Have you seen a car before?

There were others, but these 5 were the most amusing.

 

i guess my experience with a dumb person asking a dumb question would have to be back when i was in high school. keep in mind as you're reading this, i'm not Indian like the man is suggesting:

"hey wassup, dawg. you one of those people from Hindu, huh?"

i didn't know how to respond to that one, other than to shake my head and walk away.

 

When some people find out i'm part Cherokee Indian they ask me "Have you ever lived in a teepee?" or "Do you live in a teepee?"

 

Are you awake?

 

the stupidest question I've ever been asked is ...



"Whats the stupidest question you've ever been asked?"

 

When I was in high school some friends were at my house and me and my dad were talking about how the lake was low because of a drought going on. Then a girl asked:

"Why don't the people that live around the lake just turn on their water hoses and let it fill the lake back up"

Me and my dad just looked at each other and acted like we didn't hear her. But that wasn't the only solution she came up with, she also had this bright idea:

"Why don't they just plug up the big hole to stop the water from draining?"

We could only assume that she was talking about the spillway and had no idea what it actually did.

 

"Are you a Republican or a Democrat??"

 

Are you Asian or Chinese?

 

I always like it when someone calls me and says "Have you left yet?"

Hmm..let me think about that one and get back to you, mmmkay?

 

Exactly, since cell phones have become so prevelant, I have constantly been asked

"Where are you" after answering my house or office phone.

 

When people find out I'm a vegetarian I get all kinds of crazy questions. The one that always perplexes me is "but you eat chicken, right?"

Huh?

I finally had to explain it to people by telling them I don't eat anything with a face.

 

Good, I feel safe now.


Damn, I can't honestly think of a stupid question that sticks out. Well, my last roommate asked if my made good Mexican food. What the hell, my mom's from Nicaragua. He didn't ask, he just assumed my mother was Mexican. On top of that, how often do I go up to white people and ask if their mom makes good German/Irish/English/Scottish/Dutch/French/Italian/etc. food. Idiot.

 

So Mel Gibson would be fair game?

 

"I'm a level five Vegan... I don't eat anything that casts a shadow."

When I worked at Apple I used to get more than my fair share of stupid questions. One night really late, just after we released OS X, an OLD lady called with like a Quadra (ten year old computer). Not supposed to talk to someone about a computer that old at ALL, not even for paid support, but I was feeling especially peckish that night.

She couldn't dial up with her 14.4 modem and asked if the internet was "down".

"Yes ma'am, the entire internet is down." I said... "We are sweeping up the broken cookies."

Everybody around me started cracking up laughing... I ended the call quickly before I busted out myself.

 

As for stupid questions, probably when someone sees me eating, watching TV, reading, whatever and asks, "What are you doing?", either that or "Why can't I open this email message?" I usually get that one when they are using hotmail and repeatedly clicking on the little checkbox next to the message.

 

What you mean you don't ride on camels?

I had something similar asked to me when I went to Boston. When I said I was from Texas they asked if I ride a horse around town. They could have just be F*cking with me though.