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We've all probably had a brain fart or two in our lives. A momentary lapse where we said something that made us think later: "Wait, that was really dumb..." In the moment, these utterances can feel like the most awkward thing that has ever happened to you. Later, you can probably laugh about it with friends in good humor.

But are all dumb things we say brain farts? Maybe sometimes people really are so oblivious and ignorant that the funniest things come out of their mouths. In this Quora thread, when one person asked, "What are some dumb questions you have been asked?", folks shared the silliest things they ever heard people say.

Do you have any embarrassing brain farts you can share with us, Pandas? If so, let us know in the comments. And don't forget to upvote your favorite dumb entries below!

#1

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions Once, at my shop, I stood with my register open, counting a fistful of 50-dollar notes in my hand, when a woman came up and asked me if I worked there. I looked at her, then at the money, then at the open cash drawer, and said, 'Nah, mate. I'm just robbing the till.'

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#2

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions I was working in the emergency department when I received this call from a frantic mother: 'My toddler just drank out of the dog's water bowl! What should I do?' I told her: 'Give the dog some more water.'

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Jack Burton
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh don't open the emergency silly request part, as a nurse i should wrote a book of funny stories. I remember a cute one. A mother coming with her 5 year old saying something was wrong cause he did not say a word of all day. Me: hi boy, so what's going on ? Him: i really don't want to talk today

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#3

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions *On arrival at a new school*

Girl - So, where are you from?

Me - Nigeria

Girl - Where's that?

Me - It's a country in Africa

Girl - No, Africa is a country

Me - I'm sure it's a continent

Girl - No, Nigeria must be a town in Africa

Another girl - He must be confused

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ZGutr
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love those .. "Where's that?" and then suddenly know the geography there better than those who came from there

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#4

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions A true story from a forgotten backwater of Donegal:

"Hey, Graeme, are you coming to church on Sunday?"
"No, I'm an atheist."
"It's ok. Being a Protestant doesn't matter. We're very welcoming."
"I'm not a Protestant, I'm an atheist."
"Are you Jewish?"
"No, I'm not Jewish, I'm an atheist."
"What do you mean?"
"An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in gods."
"No it isn't."
"It kinda is."
"No you're wrong there, you can be an atheist and believe in God."

Me: stunned silence.

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#5

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions One of my aunts asked about what I do, so I told her that after completing my electronics engineering degree, I started working in a chip-designing company. After a pause, she asked: 'What are your most popular flavors? Are the chips as good as Lay's?'

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Iampenny
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually cute (I'm imagining a some what older non-tech savvy aunt here)

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#6

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions 'Do you have internet in Indonesia?' — and it was asked by email

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Jack Burton
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is only one computer in Jakarta that receives all indonesian emails. Then they print the text and send the message with a local animal depending of the emergency or the content. Could be a leopard, a komodo dragon or an elephant.

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#7

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions My sister was adopted from Korea. She was only about 10 weeks old — an almost newborn infant — when she came home to us. Several people asked me at the time, 'So does she speak Korean?' or 'Does she have an accent?'

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Jack Burton
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stupid to ask about language but i wonder if babies cry and make the same sounds all around the world ?

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#8

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions How come chicken breasts don't have nipples?

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#9

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions When I worked at Disney world one summer I was asked this question at least 10 times every day:"when is the 6 pm parade" I learned to smile and politely say,"6pm"

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The Other Guest
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would presume that when a person asks that question, they're really asking "What time does the 6pm parade pass this particular spot where we are currently standing?" After all, it doesn't just magically appear along the entire parade route when the clock strikes 6.

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#10

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions I got onto an elevator on the fifth floor, which already had people who had boarded on the sixth floor. I pressed the button for the third floor and observed that the button for the second floor was also pressed. As soon as the third floor came and I started to get out, a girl piped up, 'Why, that's so unfair. I got into the elevator before her! Shouldn't I be dropped off first?'

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Verena
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There *are* elevators which follow the order of the buttons punched. Not many, but some older ones do that.

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#12

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions I can remember being asked by a close friend at the time, "How can you be so nice when you don't believe in God?"

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Vix Spiderthrust
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As Chris Hitchens said, when people say "without god people would rape and pillage", they mean "without god *I* would rape and pillage".

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45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions As an Australian traveling overseas, I've been asked: 'Do you carry a stick everywhere you go to fight off the snakes?' 'Oh, you're from Australia? Do you know my niece in New Zealand?' and 'How many miles is it from where you live to Sydney? No, not miles, liters. How many liters is it?'
And when someone I met in a foreign country found out I was Australian, she said, 'Why don't you sound like Hulk Hogan?' I didn't know how to react to this because I had no idea why she would think I would sound like The Hulkster. I was wracking my brain trying to work out what had connected me to the former World Heavyweight champion. Finally, I said, 'Why do you think I should sound like Hulk Hogan?' She said, 'Because he's such a famous Aussie.' We then had a brief argument about the nationality of Hulk Hogan. You may have already made the connection, but it took me ages to realize she was talking about Paul Hogan, aka Crocodile Dundee

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Vix Spiderthrust
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a nice interview with Paul Hogan where he says that he can't go to a restaurant without the chef coming out from back brandishing his biggest cleaver and saying "That's not a knife!" When the interviewer asks Hogan if he ever gets sick of it, he replies, "Well, it might be the thousandth time I've heard it, but it's the first chance he's had to say it to me". Which is a rather lovely way of looking at it.

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#14

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions Girl: OMG, are you a muslim?
Me: Yes
Girl: that's cool, can you say something in muslim?

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Iampenny
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, on the plus side, she seems open to other cultures and religion and doesn't seem to discriminate, so that makes her automatically better that a lot of other people.

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#15

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions Getting into the elevator on the 6th floor of a 6 floor building....

Them: "Going down?"
Me: "No, I plan to shoot right out of the roof! Wanna join me?"

We both had a good laugh and it was said with a smile.

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#16

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions A teacher, soon after I arrived in the US: 'How long have you been here?' Me: 'A week.' Teacher: 'How did you learn English so fast?!'

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Jack Burton
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had: "it must have been difficult to learn spanish so far away from any mexican to talk with". I'm french, i can drive to spain in a few hours.

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#18

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions When I was a waitress at Buffalo Wild Wings, a woman once asked, 'What part of the buffalo do the Buffalo wings come from?'

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Skara Brae
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They pinch them off the backs of newborn baby buffalo to prevent airplanes from colliding with flying buffalo.

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#19

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions After telling a friend I am a psychology major, she said, 'Great. Can you tell me what I'm thinking right now?'

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#20

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions Answering a call at my home:

Me: Hello?
Friend: Hey dude, where are you?
Me: At pizza hut, I took the landline with me....

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#21

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions Shopkeeper: 'I will get you a 30% discount on this.' My friend: 'If I buy two, I will get it at 60% off, right?'

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DB
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After working in retail for 35 years, I have lost count of the number of times I have heard this.

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#22

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions My friend, upon seeing a Jaguar car: 'So now PUMA has started manufacturing cars, too?'

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#23

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions While visiting Vietnam:
"Look, that's the moon. Do you have it back in France?"

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#24

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions I wasn't asked this but, I overheard this in a bus, in Vancouver.

Guy - I've been to India, twice!

Girl - That's so cool. Where?

Guy - Tibet and Nepal.

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#25

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions When I told a girl that I have a twin, she asked, 'So, do you, like, have the same birthday?'

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ZGutr
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that is not per se a dumb question. There are twins where one gets born just before midnight, the other just after. (but it's not uncommon to "falsify" the record making it the same day)

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#26

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions Do you have planes in your country? Nope I rowed from half way across the world.

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Adrian
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brit here, living in California. I'm always asked, "What brought you here?" and I always reply, "A really big plane!"

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#27

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions A lady in Japan: "Do Indians have a shower in their houses or do you bathe in the Ganges everyday?"

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Jack Burton
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i'm french and back in 2008 and old chinese lady in Hong-Kong ask me if Nicolas Sarkozy was an emperor or a king.

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#28

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions As I'm Greek, I've been asked, 'So...do you believe in Greek gods like Zeus and stuff?'

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troufaki13
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes we do! And I just asked Zeus Almighty to grant me a couple of favors! He's a people pleaser, unlike his wife, you can't ask her for anything 😠

Scotira
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🤔 if I remember correctly Zeus is somewhat a womanizer, sooo it might help if you are a woman when asking for something 😅😁😉🫣

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Upil
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, i think this is a legit question. I live in a country that consist of many cultures. Here and there people still believe in old legends and gods and still do many rituals. So the question is just logical, at least from where i came from.

OneWithRatsAndKefir
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would hope it’s a legitimate question too; because from what I understand, Hellenic pagans have only been growing in numbers since the 90s (heck, if I was at all the religious type, I’d be a pagan).

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Lene
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since I am in Denmark and believe in "gods like Odin and stuff" I don't think this question is too far off. There are witches/Pagans that believe in goddesses from all over the world, incl. Greek goddesses. So why not having someone believing in the entire pantheon?

Bored Trash Panda
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5 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very true. I live in the US and am an Eclectic Pagan, my main deities are Hecate and Pan, who are Greek, but I also believe in the existence of many deities from other religions and beliefs.

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George Costanza
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You might as well believe in the Greek gods. They're just as real as the Christian god, the Hindu gods, Buddha, Xenu....

roddy
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just not nearly as popular, sadly. None of the Greeks I know seem to have any interest in the old gods. They all want to go see this and that monastery or Orthodox shrine. No interest at all in the old relics.

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martin734
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that is a fair question and those gods are no more or less valid than any other deity, spirit, tree or flying spaghetti monster that people choose to worship.

Skara Brae
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Yes, he's been watching you and he's very disappointed."

Sven Horlemann
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonderful - I got 2 Greek colleagues, I am going to ask them first thing tomorrow.

Analyn Lahr
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hear it's making a bit of a comeback in some parts. Modern Greek pagans do exist.

Orysha
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd rather believe in pagan god than believe in an only almighty god (be it God, Allah or Yahvé).

Jerome Lenovo
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

sure, and gargamel, santa claus, eric clapton and the spaghetti monster too

Sheena Leversedge Wood
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

some Greeks do. it's not a dead religion. I know, I think two or three friends that honour Greek Gods. considerably more that honour Norse or Celtic ones.

Linda Robinett
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are actually a few who practice the old religion but I suspect he was raised in the Greek Orthodox Church. Now ask the question. Where is the Greek Orthodox church from?

Pink purple
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not been asked this, but was asked whether we still wear togas..

Annita Stephanou
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I am half Greek Half Cypriot and yes, there are people that do worship Dodekatheon...

viimatar
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Voting this as ignorance only shows your ignorance. The question is valid, and would be equally valid in quite a few other European countries, too, concerning both this (neo)religion, and the local ones. The Reconstructionalist/Reclaiming/Revivalist movements are popular all over Europe.

Hey!
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believed in them when I was a teenager, enough that I took 2 years of Greek mythology in college.

Spittnimage
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5 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ex had a friend that ended everything he said with "n stuff." I called him Dennis n stuff.

DC
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... there's no less reason to believe in these than in that monster the old testament calls "Jahwe". Or the, very similar, roman gods. Or any god you make up on the spot. Or any god you find in some old writery. Or any god at all, unless they're specifically made aiming to be less believable, almost all the gods humans have created over time - counting in the thousands, that is - are similarly evident.

UncleJohn3000
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, but at the same time, I avoid shouting that from the mountain top while wearing copper underwear. There's no harm in covering your bases.

Malek Basata
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think most of them would like you calling them stuff 🤓☝️

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#29

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions I had a student email me to ask how to convert years into centuries

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#30

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions This friend of mine said, 'I don't think I'd understand Fantastic 4. I haven't seen Fantastic 1, 2, and 3.'

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Robert T
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Friday the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th weren't very good either!

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#31

I come from the southern hemisphere, so it is Summer in December.

I told this to my friend in the US, and he immediately asked, "Wow, so you guys celebrate Christmas in June"?

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#32

Q: People in Asian countries are so damn skinny and there are so many obese people in America, so why doesn't the Earth tilt towards the west because of all the extra weight in the west?

A: Silence.

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#33

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions Idiot: Your name is "Roses?" Like the flowers?
Me: No, as in "Guns n'."

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Miki
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

AFAIK it's not uncommon in English countries to change some letters in such names so his question was valid :D

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#34

Being a Brit, while working in a Theme park in Ohio one summer:

Asked genuinely...

- Do you have traffic lights?
- Where in the London is the eiffel tower?
- My aunt is called XXXX XXXXX, Do you know her?
- Do we celebrate Christmas.
- Is England near Europe?
- Is it true that doctors decide if you live or die?
- Do you have McDonalds ( I then said yes, and they looked wonderfully relieved)
- Do you have Freeways?


Was never sure if these were jokes, but to be honest I don't think they were.

- Do you have electricity?
- Do you know the Queen?

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#35

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions 'So will the website you build for us work on Internet explorer and Godzilla both?'

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aaah yes Godzilla vs Firefox.... Thinking about it, I'd probably watch that.

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#36

From my ex (we were quite young back then) referring to my you-know-what: 'So where does the bone go afterward?'

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It goes into the uterus. Once you've had enough sex they assemble into a baby.

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#37

I once knew a girl from college. We used to travel together by the local trains. Once she wanted me to send her one of the songs that i had on my phone using blue-tooth. We tried but her phone was showing some kind of problem with the settings. We gave up when my stop/station arrived and I left. Later in the night, I got a text message saying "hey send the song now ...my blue-tooth is working.".!!!
I had a good laugh that night !!
The worse part is.. we are engineers!!

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#38

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions My friend after watching Batman Begins...

" Dude, who is this Gotham they keep talking about all the time ? "

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#39

After a party, I was giving a friend of mine a ride home. He is not a dumb guy, but we were both pretty tired as it was late, and possibly still a little impaired too.

We were stopped at a red light and he looked around and asked, “Is this where we are now?”

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#40

Idiot : So what do you want to do later in life?
Me : I want to be a mathematician.
Idiot : Mathematician? Didn't they exist only in ancient times?

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#41

I wasn't asked this directly, but a former Indian co-worker of mine was asked while visiting Texas: "Are there cars in India?" That one really stuck with me.

But the Texan was equally dumbfounded when my co-worker didn't recognize the name of the Dallas Cowboys' head coach.

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GEA
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Texans appear to be the cliched Yorkshiremen of America. As in they think they are superior to people from other parts of the country.

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#42

Why don't all Africans have the same name, you know, like Chinese people?

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#44

"Do women stop peeing when they're pregnant?"

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Teutonic Disaster
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. Pregnant women, especially in the 3rd trimester, are famously known for never having to pee all the time. JFC 😐🤦‍♂️

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#45

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions This one, I have to admit, I'm guilty of asking a coworker a few years ago: 'What date is Cinco de Mayo?'

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GEA
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, this isn't obvious if you don't know the language.

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#46

I have fraternal twins (a boy and a girl, with separate placentas), and someone asked if they were identical. Errrrrrr, no

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#47

Are there toilets in Pakistan?

For real. No kidding.

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Jerome Lenovo
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

no they s**t on trees ... for f*ck sake, stupidity and racism are never that far from each other

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#49

I happen to be a bookworm and own a couple hundred books. Friends (college mates, those who stay nearby) often pop up, look at my books and ask, "Do you have any good books?"
No, I keep them around to burn for fuel.

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#51

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions I am an Indian and work at McAfee-Antivirus, Encryption, Firewall, Email Security, Web Security, Risk & Compliance.

Once I was travelling in the metro in Delhi (yellow line which was going towards North Campus (DU)). A young guy (possibly a DU student) asked me where I work, and I said that I work at McAfee in Bangalore.

He said, "Yeah, yeah, I tried that new flavor of cold coffee at McDonald's recently. But if you had to work in McDonald's, why did you go to Bangalore? You could have worked here in Delhi only."

That moment I just felt like jumping on the metro track and dying!

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#52

Random Aunt (at a family function):So, you're an engineer, which college did you attend?
Me: Bits pilani
Random Aunt: (Where is it)?
Me: Goa
Random Aunt (With pity in her voice):Oh, poor boy, you didnt get seat in your hometown?
Me: (Dumbfounded) : NO
Random Aunt: So where are you working?
Me: Started my own company
Random aunt (with even more pity): ayyo! you didnt get a job? keep trying,

Random aunt, rubs my hair and walks off.

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#53

A random guy I met: Where do you work?
Me: At Yahoo!
A random guy I met: Can you help me access my girlfriend's email?

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#54

While in school, where 12th grade is considered very important:-

People in general : Which class are you in?
Me : 11th
People in general : Oh! So next year your going to be in 12th??
Me: No I'm gonna plead the principal to let me go back to class 10 :D

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably just someone being polite to a kid they don't know and asking generic questions. Harmless.

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#55

45 Times Dumb Folks Pushed People To Their Limit With Their Questions I was asked: 'Is this the end of the line?' I answered: 'No, it's the front. We're all standing backward

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