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Have you ever asked a question that was just really dumb?
I mean ever in your life.
Have you asked a question and as it is coming out of your mouth you are thinking "God I can't believe how dumb I am"?

The "would you want to be black?" thred reminded me of a time when I asked just a really really dumb question.


I was 7 and my friend Shelly and I were sitting out by the lake on a really hot summer day.

I asked "Shelly, since you are black do you get hotter in the summer than white people do because you know black absorbs heat?"
she answered " you know I haven't ever been white in the summer time so I don't know"
I immediatly felt very very dumb. (I still do thinking about it) anyone else have a similar experience?

Yes, yes I have. 99% of my threads are asking stupid questions.

Yes, yes I have. 99% of my threads are asking stupid questions.
if I add this one in to my overall score then I am at 99% too. :(

It is a sad day in smunkeeville

No...
It's been my experience that there are no stupid question, only stupid people who ask questions.

No...
It's been my experience that there are no stupid question, only stupid people who ask questions.
you calling me stupid? ;) :D

every one has some type of very stupid question, but I try to avoid embarassing questions.

this is a funny thread. It reminds me of business class. I was a smart student, I was elected to be CFO of our little "Class company", but the problem was, I said an incredibly smart thing, about business, and then about one minute later I say something so incredibly stupid, it sounds like a question.

every one has some type of very stupid question, but I try to avoid embarassing questions.
oh sure I try to avoid anything embarassing but I am not always successful, in fact today I fell down in front of about 12 preschoolers

oh yeah, I bet they are still laughing about it..... :eek:

I think my WORST one was answering a question actually.

Fellow classmate: What book did she say we needed?
Me: The blue one.
Classmate: Uh... which one is the blue one?
My classmate in question, whom I had know for three years at that time, is blind. ^_^;;

I think my WORST one was answering a question actually.

Fellow classmate: What book did she say we needed?
Me: The blue one.
Classmate: Uh... which one is the blue one?
My classmate in question, whom I had know for three years at that time, is blind. ^_^;;
Thank you. I was just looking for a kindred spirit.
:D I feel much better now.

Mom: What's Kevin's last name?
Me: Kevin who?

Mom: What's Kevin's last name?
Me: Kevin who?
ROFL
I had to read it twice to get it.... I need sleep :)

I say stupid stuff with disturbing regularity. It happens less on the forum because of a little thing I like to call "edit post".

I once tricked my teacher to agree to "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people."

So far, I think my achievement in all time dumbest question came from working in a county hospital as a phlebotomist and asking a guy with no arms which arm he wanted to get his blood drawn from. Definitely one of those Homer Simpson "Doh!" moments.

I once tricked my teacher to agree to "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people."
I prefer the saying "There are no stupid questions, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots."

A seeker who asks a question is ignorant -- for a moment.
The seeker who fails to ask the question is ignorant -- forever.

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

You forgot to credit the author of that quote- Mr. Garrison on South Park.

I say stupid stuff with disturbing regularity. It happens less on the forum because of a little thing I like to call "edit post".
Way to steal my trick. :P. It was easier in the old days when if you edited quick enough the edit note didn't come up.

But getting back to the first post, I've been on the other end of a comment like that when a pseudo-liberal asked the all genius question "What does it feel like to be black?".

None of my questions are stupid. Not even this one:

Parent: Get plates for you and your little brother.
Me: Ok, how many plates do I need?

Or this one:

Me: *after RPing a whole fight sequence involving sixty F-14s and some F-16s* But what the hell is the difference?

...Or this one:

Me: Can't Colodia ever say something sensible?!

...Or...you get the idea.

one day in school I actully had to ask the person next to me how to spell A.....
I'd say that tops all, I felt so stupid it didnt help when he burst out laughing and told the whole class it took a week for it to die down.

*It was a monday though......*

I average about one really stupid question a day.

I try to make it one of the first things I do, though, so I can get it out of the way and blame it on lack of coffee.

Stupid questions aren't always bad though. The way I see it, there's a fine line between a stupid question and a koan.

Oh, which reminds me, the other day my friend asked me what are the first couple letters of the ABC's. Also my mom is a bit dyslexic. Once a question in an emergency:
"Whats the number for 911!"
Always cracks me up, good goin' Ma!

Everything I say is stupid, not just my questions. I was having a injection and the nurse asked when my birthday was and I forgot. Then she asked how old I was. I forgot. And then she asked what my last name was...luckily my friend had written my name on my shoes...

Oh of course. I think the one that takes the cake though, would be this:

Everyone:*in French class*

Someone else: "mumblebumblemumble... World Cup."

Me: "Quidditch?"

My friend: *is going to make fun of me for years*

Have you asked a question and as it is coming out of your mouth you are thinking "God I can't believe how dumb I am"?

I voted yes, but to answer this question I would have to say no. When I ask the really dumb question, Im usually way beyond the point where Im even thinking, let alone able to think about just how dumb I was.

Yes, I forget my age a lot. I wonder if it's because I don't care, or because my dad says its cool to drink....

You forgot to credit the author of that quote- Mr. Garrison on South Park.
not true
my kindergarten teacher told me that
it has been around for a loooonnggg time

Also my mom is a bit dyslexic. Once a question in an emergency:
"Whats the number for 911!"
Always cracks me up, good goin' Ma!

Your mother is Homer Simpson?!

Lies make baby Jesus cry. :(