Stupid Questions?

Aunt Mavis said:
I don’t believe there aren’t stupid questions, I’ve heard plenty of them.
A coworker once asked me “Why do you have a fire extinguisher in your car?” That was stupid.
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✋ Ooooh Ooooh (channeling Arnold Horshack!) I've heard one that was also stupid and I've never believed the "no stupid question" thing either. Heard a Civil War battlefield guide say that you wouldn't believe how many people ask how they were able to fight around all those monuments. 😲
 

Aunt Mavis said:
A coworker once asked me “Why do you have a fire extinguisher in your car?” That was stupid.
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How is that a stupid question? I don't think I've ever been in anyone's car that had a fire extinguisher. The only car fires I've seen are YouTube videos of accidents where the car explodes into a fireball.

So I just googled it and it seems like that is a question people ask (whether to have one in the car), and it seems like the answer is yes, but, then apparently the extinguisher needs to be mounted. I don't think I would feel safe hanging around a burning car trying to unmount a fire extinguisher, if my car catches on fire I am most likely to run away from it as fast as I can.
 
HoneyNut said:
How is that a stupid question? I don't think I've ever been in anyone's car that had a fire extinguisher. The only car fires I've seen are YouTube videos of accidents where the car explodes into a fireball.

So I just googled it and it seems like that is a question people ask (whether to have one in the car), and it seems like the answer is yes, but, then apparently the extinguisher needs to be mounted. I don't think I would feel safe hanging around a burning car trying to unmount a fire extinguisher, if my car catches on fire I am most likely to run away from it as fast as I can.
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I told him “it’s for putting out a fire.”
 
hollydolly said:
I'm Scottish... my daughter is English, born in England, raised in England, educated in England... I can't tell you how many times people have asked me why she doesn't have a Scottish accent ! :oops::oops:
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LOL, Goddess all mighty, I've heard that one before. So many times, I've lost count.

Whenever I've bothered to answer instead of just smiling and walking away, I've said:

"Whose voice box should I borrow? Point me in right direction and I'll just stick my hand down their throat and retrieve it..." Sorry, I do have a very sarcastic sense of humour.

Back in 98, family was down in London. Tourist asked for directions which I politely gave. After the profuse thanks, I was asked: "Are you from Glasgow?" Yes, I replied. Made me so proud LOL!
 
After someone asks me the first stupid question, I will answer it and then tell them that that was a stupid question and they are only allowed to ask me three stupid questions, then after that they cannot ask me any more questions. When the ask me a second stupid question I do not answer it and tell them that they cannot ask me anymore questions.
 
My husband's partner at the Sheriff's Office for many years was his German shepherd. The K-9 cruisers were full-size SUVs & everything behind the rear seat was caged in for the dog. One day a man came up and asked him how dogs could he put in the back before he had to drop them off at the County Animal Shelter.
 
HoneyNut said:
How is that a stupid question? I don't think I've ever been in anyone's car that had a fire extinguisher. The only car fires I've seen are YouTube videos of accidents where the car explodes into a fireball.

So I just googled it and it seems like that is a question people ask (whether to have one in the car), and it seems like the answer is yes, but, then apparently the extinguisher needs to be mounted. I don't think I would feel safe hanging around a burning car trying to unmount a fire extinguisher, if my car catches on fire I am most likely to run away from it as fast as I can.
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Every type of race car MUST have a 10 pound fire extingusher WITH ARM"S LENGTH OF THE DRIVER while the driver is strapped in the seat. Some of the more exotic cars have a under the hood HALON gas fire fighting system, that is heavier than air, which snuffs out fire in the engine compartment. A further requirement is a SHUT OFF SWITCH that is mounted in the center of the dash board of the race car so it can be reached from either side of the car, in an emergency.

BTW, the VAST majority of cars that are involved in a crash, DO NOT CATCH FIRE. That is Hollywood stunt nonsense. Source, Ten years of working for Metro Toronto Ambulance, about 15,000 emergency responses. JimB.
 
helenbacque said:
Adult woman, American visiter to London was surprised that July 4th was not a national holiday there.
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I did a couple of summers working as a double decker tour guide here in Toronto after I officially retired. 5 trips a day, two hours each trip. Some of the doozzeies.........From a nice black lady, who was a part of a Baptist church group.......Where the dive bars at , honey ? Scottish Grand Mother, dressed all in black, from head to toes, and it's July, and the temp is approaching 35 Celsius.......Where are the polar bears ? Never tell a group of German tourists that "the bus will be leaving in five minutes " They will be up your nose at the 7 minute mark. Never tell a group of Indian Medical Doctors that the bus will be passing Toronto General Hospital........They will want the driver to stop and wait for them to go in for a tour of it.

In general, the customers were about 50 percent Europeans, and 50 percent Americans. I spent the last 15 minutes of each tour explaining the wonders of the Canadian One Dollar coin, as a way to thank the tour guide, and the driver. With a full load, top and bottom, the coins were landing in my hat, as they goy off the rear stairs at the bus station. A good day was a $400 split between myself and Dave the guy who man handled that old UK beast, which had no power steering, or power brakes, either. Dave used to drive the band bus for Shania Twain, way back when, and he also spent a number of years as a drummer on Carribbean cruise ships. Nothing phased that guy. JimB.
 
My ice maker "kicked the bucket". I took it out, got the part number and ordered a new one. Went to Walmart for a few groceries. At the checkout, I told the young man that I also needed a bag of ice. I explained that my ice maker broke and the bag of ice was to tide me over until I could make ice. He asked me "How do you make ice?". I started to say, "first you get some hydrogen ......" However, I explained to him (about ice trays) and even told him about getting ice blocks delivered.
 
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One question that stands out to me was when I was in dispatch. It was from the cheerleader captian of a local high school who called & asked me permission to toilet paper the trees of some homes. She said it was school tradition to TP yards & that if the Sheriff's Office gave her permission it would be OK. I told her we don't give permission to commit vandalism & if they were caught, everyone who participated could expect a citation into Juvenile Court.
 
Dustbunny said:
My ice maker "kicked the bucket". I took it out, got the part number and ordered a new one. Went to Walmart for a few groceries. At the checkout, I told the young man that I also needed a bag of ice. I explained that my ice maker broke and the bag of ice was to tide me over until I could make ice. He asked me "How do you make ice?". I started to say, "first you get some hydrogen ......" However, I explained to him (about ice trays) and even told him about getting ice blocks delivered.
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I had to laugh.........A kid in Texas probably doesn't know how to "make ice " Here in Canada, no lessons are required......Grin. Jimb.
 
When I was a teenager, I got a job managing the toy department at a small department store in a town where there may not have been any Black residents at all back then. All of us working there were around the same age. There was a conversation about going to the beach and tanning when this White girl asked me "Do Black people get lighter in the sun?" And she was serious! Seriously folks....she was serious! Talk about being young and dumb.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
When I was a teenager, I got a job managing the toy department at a small department store in a town where there may not have been any Black residents at all back then. All of us working there were around the same age. There was a conversation about going to the beach and tanning when this White girl asked me "Do Black people get lighter in the sun?" And she was serious! Seriously folks....she was serious! Talk about being young and dumb.
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That reminds me of a comic routine by Bill Cosby....He was lying down on his back, on stage, with his hands and feet in the air. Another comic asked him.....Bill, what are you doing ? "working on my tan, Man ". JimB.
 
When I was an apprentice there was a question about encasing conduit, using wet concrete or dry concrete. It was one of those subjects we’ll never see again so let’s move on now right? Nope. Up goes a hand, “What’s the difference between wet concrete and dry concrete?” The instructor paused and said “That was stupid, what are you going to ask me next, what is water?”
 
A dumb medical question. A patient "not me " was going to undergo a new type of colonoscopy procedure, where a tiny little video camera was going to be swallowed by the patient. The camera is about the size of a large vitamin pill and it take dozens of photos as it passes through the patient's digestive tract over a 10 hour period of time. It transmits to a recorder that the patient has strapped to the outside of their abdomen.

The dumb question ......Do you want the camera back afterwards ? Tech says...No you can keep it.

link to The Small Bowel Wireless Capsule Endoscopy procedure.https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/capsule-endoscopy

Interesting technology, isn't it ? JimB.
 

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