The stupidest question ever asked?

[bakunin_the_cat]

I know it's bad form to promote other discussion forums but this is just too good to keep to myself!

link (http://65.54.244.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=2d18fa20e0a1f8e2e0fd865c46fbdd 63&lat=1066848535&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eb ookcrossing%2ecom%2fforum2)

Don't worry Wavid. The forum's not half as nice as Palimpsest.

[John Self]

This link gives an expired page opened via a Hotmail account, Bakunin. Can you have another crack at it?

[bakunin_the_cat]

Ooops, sorry people. Try this one instead!

http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum2/5/204373/55

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[pandop]

if people are interested I can post some links to library related dumb questions, and belive me some are dumb


Hazel

[amner]

Two gobsmacking answers on The Weakest Link (I know, I know) last night.

Q. What word, meaning before all others, do Americans add to 'Lady' to mean the wife of the President?

A. Lady President

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Q. What 'T' means underwear you wear to keep warm and a rising current of air?

A. Turtle

Seriously.
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[pandop]

Don't be ashamed Amner, The Thickest Plank is morbidly fascinating ....

Hazel

[Colyngbourne]

Wah! Dandy new avatar, Amner! Still like the old one as well. 8)

[John Self]

I see someone else got the "Worst Album Covers" email for their birthday as well...

[Wavid]

As, John, did I.

[Saris]

In the theme of stupid questions, would anyone agree that possibly one of the most irritating question you can be asked is "Are you asleep?", or is it just me?!

[amner]

Goodness, welcome back after a long break, Saris.
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[Lucoid]

And "Where are you going?" when you get up from the sofa for a trip to the loo.

Oh, and "What are you reading?" when you have the book in front of your face and are obviously entirely absorbed.

[Colyngbourne]

And 'Are we there yet?'

[John Self]

Just a little further.

[Wavid]

Two gobsmacking answers on The Weakest Link (I know, I know) last night.

In the 'Dumb Britain' section of Private Eye the other week, it featured this gem:

Q. Organise these two groups of words to make one word, CHED and PIT.

A. Chedpit.

The other was on an Amercian quiz.

Q. Name the two brothers, whose names both began with R, who were the founders of ancient Rome.

A. The Wright Brothers.

[Lucoid]

Sheer beauty!

[Jerkass]

If I can weigh in with the stupidest question I've ever asked...

A few years back, there was this dazzlingly beautiful temporary secretary in my department. I had tried to work out some excuse to talk to her for most of the morning (as you do), and, finally, as I walked past her desk at one point while she was reading a magazine, I decided to talk to her.

My brain, almost in a state of panic, quickly assessed the situation as I approached and caught a few letters of the magazine title. Completely not in control of my thought process or my mouth, I looked on in horror as I stopped at the desk and said:

"So, you're reading Death Magazine, huh?"

[for the love of God, stop talking, I say to myself]

She looks slowly up at me, with an expression approaching fear, and the magazine slowly rises toward me, as well. It reads, "Theatre."

"Oh..." [STOP TALKING YOU IDIOT] "see...I saw the 'eat' and thought it said...er...Death..."

Her expression hasn't changed. Not knowing how to respond to such comments, she makes a good show of being polite and checks the front of her magazine, as if to confirm that it doesn't say 'Death.'

Despite the fact that I'm still telling myself to stop talking, I continue. "But it's not Death Magazine. It's Theatre."

"Uh-huh, " she says.

I walk away.

[bakunin_the_cat]

:lol:

[youjustmightlikeit]

lmao

[Wavid]

amner's 'Turtle' example was in Private Eye this week, so maybe they are keeping tabs on this forum for material...

One of the others was a literary question (of a sort).

Q. What 'T' is a novel by Irvine Welsh featuring the characters Begbie, Renton and Sick Boy?

A..... before I reveal the given answer, any guesses?

[John Self]

Hotel du Lac?

[Wavid]

No! Treasure Island of course... :?

[John Self]

Well (s)he got the first letter and the nationality right - which is more than I did...